France launches second wave of funding for pharmacy software upgrades
France's health ministry has created a new funding programme to help community pharmacies update their management software. The order, dated 29 October 2026 and published in the Official Journal on 3 November 2026, is the second wave of an earlier 2022 scheme. The Digital Health Agency will run the funding, which goes to software companies that carry out a full IT project for pharmacies.
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What does it mean?
Pharmacies in towns and cities may get help paying for updates to the computer software they use to run their shops and records. The money goes to the companies that build that software, which must then update the pharmacies' systems. The new programme is a follow-on to the 2022 scheme.
Who is affected?
Community pharmacy owners and the software companies that develop and sell pharmacy management systems.
What changes?
The 2022 wave 1 scheme covered earlier pharmacy software upgrades; this new order creates a wave 2 programme to continue that work.