Apothekenreform

Apothekenreform is what pharmacy teams and the trade press call the 2026 reform, and the statute behind the word is the ApoVWG, in force since 2 July 2026.

The reform changes little about revenue but a great deal about services. On the revenue side the Fixum rose in July and rises again in January, though that increase came from a separate ordinance rather than from the reform itself.

The services side is where the reform is substantial:

• Ten pharmazeutische Dienstleistungen are now named in statute.
• Pharmacies may now vaccinate with all non-live vaccines.
• Trained pharmacists may carry out a venöse Blutentnahme.

That combination is the reform's actual message, because dispensing margin is not where the growth is meant to come from, whereas the service catalogue is.

A good deal of what circulates under the word Apothekenreform describes the December 2025 cabinet draft rather than the law that passed. The draft's far-reaching provisions on pharmacies operating without a pharmacist present did not become part of the statute.