What you will find
The articles fall into four groups. The full list sits below this text; this is the map for choosing where to start.
Pricing and regulation
Price mistakes are among the costliest a pharmacy makes: a gap between shelf and till turns into a complaint, and a badly advertised discount can turn into a fine. If it is unclear where the retail price (PVP) of a reimbursed medicine comes from, begin with what an EFP is and how Spain sets medicine prices. What may be displayed inside the premises is covered in whether a pharmacy can advertise a medicine, and counter routine in till price errors and how to check for them. Parapharmacy is priced freely and competes with online sellers, which is the subject of pricing parapharmacy against online. The whole framework is in the guide to pricing and advertising rules.
Category management and sales
What goes at eye level, how much space each family deserves and what to do with stock that expires before it sells. These are merchandising pieces for a pharmacy where the owner decides, not for a buying group with a central team: category management, raising the average basket without pushing, expiry dates and stockouts and a month-by-month campaign calendar.
In-store screens
A window or counter screen raises two questions: which content works, and what GDPR says when a person or a camera is involved. The second is answered in data protection and screens in a pharmacy; the first in the digital signage guide.
Digitalisation and the sector
From changing prices by hand to shelves that update themselves from the pharmacy management system: how to digitise a pharmacy, changing prices automatically and the guide to electronic shelf labels in pharmacies. For context, there are pharmacy figures by region and what the Hanshow and Glintt partnership means for an independent pharmacy.
How we write and review
Regulatory articles cite the specific provision and are checked against official sources; when something depends on the autonomous region or on how the administration reads the rule, we say so rather than generalise. The FarmaConnect editorial team writes them, and anything regulatory is meant to be reviewed by a pharmacist before it counts as final.
FarmaConnect sells electronic shelf labels and digital signage to pharmacies, and that shapes our point of view. So when an article compares options or frames a purchase, we lay out the criteria and not only the conclusion.
If you would rather talk to a person
If you arrive with a specific need and would rather not read first, see how FarmaConnect's electronic shelf labels work and book a video call from the site.
- ArticleCan a pharmacy advertise a medicine in Spain?Which medicines may be advertised to the public in Spain, which statements are mandatory, and what applies to posters, screens, gifts and discounts.Read →
- ArticleChanging pharmacy prices automatically: from the official list to the shelf labelHow a price change travels from Spain's official medicines list to the shelf: reimbursed drug cuts, OTC pricing, promotions and where the chain breaks.Read →
- ArticleData protection and screens in a pharmacy: queue tickets, cameras and health dataWhat the GDPR says about queue screens that show names, cameras and health data at the counter, and what to decide before installing anything.Read →
- ArticleHanshow and Glintt Life: what changes (and what doesn't) for the independent pharmacyHanshow's Glintt Life partnership seen from an independent Spanish pharmacy: what was announced, what wasn't, and what to ask before buying labels.Read →
- ArticleHow to digitise your pharmacy in Spain: where to start and in what orderA practical order for digitising a Spanish pharmacy: management software, e-prescription, pricing, screens, web and data protection, by pharmacy size.Read →
- ArticleHow to Price Parapharmacy Without Starting a War With Online SellersPricing parapharmacy in a Spanish pharmacy without chasing Amazon: price image, key value items, margin by category and the 30-day rule.Read →
- ArticleHow to raise the average basket in a pharmacy without pushing salesCross-selling on the pharmacy shelf: complementary products, the ethical limits of pharmacist advice, placement and how to measure whether it works.Read →
- ArticlePharmacies in Spain in 2026: how many there are and where22,273 community pharmacies, 4.5 per 10,000 people and 64.5% outside provincial capitals. Regional table with density, rurality and VEC pharmacies (CGCOF).Read →
- ArticlePharmacy campaign calendar: what to change each monthPharmacy campaigns in Spain month by month (sun, allergy, flu, Christmas, school) with IQVIA and Health Ministry data: what to change on shelf and screens.Read →
- ArticleCategory management in a Spanish pharmacy: roles, space, stock turn and supplier dealsHow to apply category management in a Spanish pharmacy: category roles, shelf space, planograms, stock turn and deals with manufacturers.Read →
- ArticleExpiry dates and stockouts in the pharmacy: how to avoid both at onceHow to stop stock expiring on the shelf without running out: FEFO, rotation, pharmacy software alerts, and what electronic shelf labels do (and don't).Read →
- ArticleTill price errors in the pharmacy: why they happen and how to prevent themWhy the shelf price and the till price differ in a Spanish pharmacy, what the complaint risk is, and how to prevent it with a simple checklist.Read →
- ArticleWhat is an EFP and how is the retail price (PVP) of a medicine set in Spain?EFP, OTC and reimbursed medicines in Spain: what each term means, how the retail price (PVP) is built and what margin the pharmacy really keeps.Read →
