Petition richtet sich an: German parliament's petitions' committee / Ausschuss für Gesundheit

Since the decision of the European Court of Justice on the validity of the drug price regulation for prescription drugs, German pharmacists have been in existential need - to the extent that the entire German health care system and thus, local pharmacy coverage, are at stake.

The only option to maintain and secure safe, redundant and high-quality patient care in all its aspects (individual prescriptions, night and emergency services, especially on Sundays and public holidays, special care such as palliative care) and thus, fulfilling the legally consolidated care supply mandate, is a ban on the dispatch of prescription drugs and the enforcement of the validity of the drug price regulation for prescription drugs also for foreign suppliers.

This is largely seen as compliant with European law - and must be developed and resolved by German government promptly. Pharmacists and their teams, mostly women and a total of 150,000 employees, are now waiting for the Great Coalition to address this point of the coalition agreement and start implementing it.

For this reason we demand:

• Acting Minister of Health Jens Spahn's clear commitment to the coalition agreement

• prompt implementation of the prohibition on mail order with perscription drugs making full-use of all European legal instruments