Apply for permission to ship pharmacy-only medicines

• You submit your written application for a mail order permit and all required documents to the competent authority.
• The authority may request additional documents.
• The mail order permit is to be issued when the competent authority determines that the legal requirements have been met.

More information

• All drug retailers operating a web store must be entered in a central register at the Federal Institute for Drugs and Medical Devices (BfArM).
• The BfArM maintains a mail-order pharmacy register in which all German pharmacies with a mail-order authorization are listed. The BfArM issues a safety logo to these retailers, which the providers can also display on their homepage. Consumers can view the mail-order pharmacy register on the BfArM website.
• For more information, please refer to the links "Registered drug distributors" and "Mail-order register".

• Informal, written request
• Required documents result from § 11a Pharmacy Act (ApoG)
  

  For more details on the type and scope of the documents, please refer to the leaflet "Application for permission to ship pharmacy-only drugs".

• Room details
  

  If space outside the approved pharmacy premises is to be used for mail order operations: Details of the size, nature, furnishings, and function of the additional business premises, submitting floor plans to scale and the lease agreement.

Simplified online form
You can use this form to upload applications and supporting documents for an existing application. You can also ask questions about your application.

Please note that there is a fee for issuance of the permit pursuant to Section 500.03 of the current Bremen Health Care Cost Ordinance.

What deadlines must be paid attention to?

4 weeks The application should be submitted at least 4 weeks before the pharmacy plans to begin mail order operations.

How long does it take to process

4 weeks

• § 11a Apothekengesetz (ApoG)
• § 43 Absatz 1 Arzneimittelgesetz (AMG)

• Informationen des Bundesministerium für Gesundheit (BMG) zum Versandhandel mit Arzneimitteln
• Merkblatt "Antrag auf Erteilung einer Erlaubnis zum Versand apothekenpflichtiger Arzneimittel"
• Registrierte Arzneimittelhändler
• Versandhandels-Register