Pharmacists and their new and important conquest!

Abstract

Editorial Pharmacists and their new and important conquest!After many years of fighting, looking for a dream coming true, the Brazilian pharmaceutical community was awarded with the law 13.021, which was published August 11th, 2014, and entered into force September 25th, 2014. According to this important regulation, the pharmacies and drugstores are now considered a health unity. This completely changes, and improves, the relationship between the society and the pharmacists once the pharmacies and drugstores move from a business establishment to a place for pharmaceutical care and assistance, which means health assistance. It is worth to note that in this new model, the rational use of medicines is promoted thanks to the pharmacists' expertise. Besides, it helps implementing other activity of pharmacists, the drug prescription, which was approved more than one year before.