PASMI launches an educational campaign relating to a responsible self-care

6 October 2015 “Treat yourself responsibly” is the latest educational campaign prepared by PASMI Polish Association of Self Medication Industry. Since 5th October 2015 the campaign will be conducted on You Tube for three months. “Treat yourself responsibly” campaign is a series of 4 educating videos showing the most common situations in which patients make decisions relating to...

It Is Patients that Should Be Provided with Medicines, Not Pharmacies

21 October 2014 PASMI takes the view that there should be a complementary relationship between the pharmacy and non-pharmacy markets if all Polish citizens are to have access to medicines that provide instant relief. On Monday, adressing the postion statement presented to the Cabinet of Ministers by the General Pharmaceutical Council, PASMI, Polish Association of Self-Medication Industry, wrote...

PASMI has elected the Management Board for the new term of office

30 June 2014 During the General Assembly of its Members PASMI (Polish Association of Self-Medication Industry) elected the Management Board for the next two years. Ewa Jankowska, representing the USP Zdrowie Company was re-elected as the President, and Małgorzata Osadowska from Polpharma and Małgorzata Michałków from GSK became the Members of the Management Board. During the 2014-2016 term,...

European Commission launches logo for online pharmacies to protect patients from falsified medicines

24 June 2014 24.06.2014 – Today the European Commission has introduced a logo that will allow patients to identify authorised online pharmacies providing authentic medicines. The logo will appear on the websites of legally operating online pharmacies in the European Union (EU) and will link to the national competent authority websites where all legally operating online pharmacies in their respective...

Should We Allow 40% of Polish Citizens to be Deprived of Access to Non-Prescription Medicines?

22 May 2014 Should We Allow 40% of Polish Citizens to be Deprived of Access to Non-Prescription Medicines? PASMI points out that the demands formulated by pharmacists are ungrounded. PASMI (Polish Association of Self-Medication Industry) highlights the importance of the non-prescription medicines market especially for patients living outside major cities. Banning the sale of non-prescription medicines would be...

The Fees Regime in Polish Pharmaceutical Industry Hampers its Competitiveness and Development

19 May 2014 The Fees Regime in Polish Pharmaceutical Industry Hampers its Competitiveness and Development PASMI advocates that the principles on which the national procedure for the grouping of variations is based be harmonised with the principles that now have to be followed when European procedures are used. PASMI (Polish Association of Self-Medication Industry) supports the initiative undertaken...