"Acting with and for the pharmacy profession, to serve patients and public health."

The Chamber brings together all qualified pharmacists practicing in pharmaceutical settings in France.

The Chamber is a point of contact for public authorities, especially active on professional practice issues.

4 key missions 

art. L.4231-1 of the public health law

  • Ensuring compliance with professional ethics
  • Protecting the integrity and independence of the profession
  • Ensuring the professional competence of pharmacists
  • Contributing to the promotion of public health and quality of care, including the safety of pharmaceutical acts

An organisation structured along sectoral and regional lines

  • 1 National Council and 7 sections

Sections represent the various fields and territories of pharmacy practice 

  • Section A: Community pharmacy owners
  • Section B: Industrial pharmacists
  • Section C: Wholesale pharmacists
  • Section D: Employed community pharmacists and other practices
  • Section E: Pharmacists in French overseas territories (all fields of practice)
  • Section G: Clinical biology pharmacists
  • Section H: Pharmacists in care facilities, care and social centres, and fire & emergency services

The Chamber – Key facts

  • Acting with and for the pharmacy profession, to serve patients and public health
  • Status: private-law entity tasked with a public service mission
  • 4 missions under the public health law
  • 1 National Council, 7 Central Councils, 12 Regional Councils, 4 Overseas Delegations 
  • May 5th, 1945: date of inception
  • 700 elected council members, who are all practicing pharmacists, represent their peers at regional level, in mainland France and in French overseas territories
  • 200 staff members working for the organisation
  • €38.3m annual budget

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