Conselho Regional De Farmacia Do Estado Da Paraiba Crf

What Conselho Regional De Farmacia Do Estado Da Paraiba Crf does

Conselho Regional de Farmácia da Paraíba (CRF-PB) is a Brazilian state-level professional regulatory council (autarquia profissional) established around 1963, operating under the federal Conselho Federal de Farmácia (CFF) system. It holds statutory authority over the registration, credentialing, inspection, and disciplinary oversight of pharmacists and pharmacy establishments in the state of Paraíba. The council serves two primary customer segments — individual registered pharmacists (farmacêuticos) and pharmacy establishments (pessoas jurídicas, including community pharmacies, drugstores, hospital pharmacies, and compounding pharmacies) — plus secondary segments of pharmacy students, interns, and government/public health entities. Services include professional registration, issuance of identity cards and certificates of regularity (CRT), annual fee collection, inspection and fiscalization, continuing education programs (Cuidado Farmacêutico, PRESCREVER, CUIDAR, vaccination certification), a job exchange (Balcão de Empregos), legal/salary advocacy, and a citizen complaints channel (Ouvidoria) linked to the Federal Comptroller General (CGU).

CRF-PB's underlying technology stack combines an institutional portal (crfpb.org.br) developed by Portal GRC with the CRF em Casa online service platform built by Cisantec, enabling remote pre-registration, annual fee payment, technical responsibility annotation, and financial management. It also integrates the federal SEI electronic document system (making it the first Northeast council to adopt it), the SNGPC and SNCR national systems for controlled-substance tracking, LGPD-compliant data infrastructure with SSL encryption, and a mandatory Electronic Domicile (Domicílio Eletrônico) for official notifications. Physical distribution is anchored by the João Pessoa headquarters and two regional sectionals (Campina Grande, Sousa), supplemented by an Itinerant Administration Project serving dozens of additional municipalities.

Revenue is generated almost exclusively through annual fees (anuidades) charged to registered pharmacists and establishments, with fee amounts set annually by CFF. The council does not publish financial statements and operates as a non-commercial public regulatory entity. No funding rounds, investors, M&A activity, or commercial revenue lines are present; strategic activity is focused on operational infrastructure (HQ expansion, vehicle acquisition, sectional restructuring), digital service modernization (WhatsApp, CRF em Casa), and training partnerships (notably with CRF-SP for 50+ content modules).

Name

Conselho Regional De Farmacia Do Estado Da Paraiba Crf

Legal name

Conselho Regional de Farmácia da Paraíba

Website

https://crfpb.org.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1963

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Conselho Regional de Farmácia da Paraíba (CRF-PB) is a Brazilian state-level professional regulatory council, established circa 1963, that registers, credentials, inspects, and disciplines pharmacists and pharmacy establishments across Paraíba, funded by mandatory annual fees (anuidades).

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmacy Professional Regulation

NAICS

Public Administration (92)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAKAEAI

Credential, Education & Professional License Verification

Business & Public Services/Security & Investigations Services/Private Investigation & Background Screening

Keywords

• Pharmacy professional regulation
• Pharmacy establishment licensing
• Continuing pharmaceutical education
• Regulatory fiscalization services
• Professional registration management

Headquarters

HQ city

João Pessoa

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Annual Fees (Anuidades): CRF-PB generates its primary operating revenue from annual fees (anuidades) charged to registered pharmacists and pharmacy establishments. The fees fund council operations, inspections, professional support services, training programs, and public health initiatives. Fee amounts are set annually by the Federal Council of Pharmacy (CFF) system and vary by professional category and establishment type.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

CRF-PB is the official state-level regulatory body for pharmacy professionals and establishments in Paraíba, Brazil. It provides professional registration and credentialing, issuance of professional identity cards (carteiras) and certificates of regularity (CRT), fiscalization/inspection of pharmacy establishments, continuing education courses, transparency reporting, and a job exchange platform (Balcão de Empregos). Operations are delivered through three physical offices, an online service platform (CRF em Casa), and itinerant administration reaching dozens of municipalities.

Product overview

CRF-PB operates as a regulatory and professional support organization for pharmacists in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. The organization provides a unified platform of digital and in-person services centered around the CRF em Casa online portal for professional registration and administrative services. Core offerings include the SEI electronic document system, a Transparency Portal for public accountability, a Job Bank (Balcão de Empregos) for professional placement, TV CRF-PB for educational content, and WhatsApp-based customer service. The organization also maintains physical presence through its headquarters in João Pessoa and sectional offices in Campina Grande and Sousa, offering services such as professional ID issuance, continuing education courses, and public health coordination.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• CRF em Casa Online Service Platform

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700 plenary sessions conducted in its institutional history
• +4 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Conselho Federal de Farmácia (CFF)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRF-PB operates as the state-level delegate of the Federal Council of Pharmacy (CFF), Brazil's national pharmacy regulatory authority. The CFF sets professional standards, regulations, and annual fee policies that CRF-PB implements at the state level. Joint initiatives include training programs (Cuidado Farmacêutico, PRESCREVER, vaccination certification), the CFF Course platform (prescrição farmacêutica de contraceptivos hormonais no SUS), and the SEI electronic document system. The CFF also grants the Comenda do Mérito Farmacêutico award that CRF-PB nominees may receive.
• AGEVISA-PB (Agência Estadual de Vigilância Sanitária da Paraíba)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRF-PB conducts joint inspection and enforcement operations with AGEVISA-PB, the state health surveillance agency. Joint operations include interdicting clandestine pharmacies, inspecting long-term care institutions for the elderly, and overseeing compounding pharmacies. The agencies share training and coordinate regulatory enforcement actions across Paraíba.
• UFPB (Universidade Federal da Paraíba)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRF-PB maintains a close relationship with UFPB's pharmacy program, participating in academic events, welcoming student visits, attending graduation ceremonies, and collaborating on public health campaigns. The PET-Farmácia/UFPB program publishes joint news content on nutraceuticals, supplements, and clinical topics that CRF-PB disseminates through its communications channels.
• CRF-SP (Conselho Regional de Farmácia de São Paulo)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRF-PB entered a partnership with CRF-SP that released over 50 free training modules and specialized professional content for pharmacists in Paraíba. This partnership provides significant continuing education access to pharmacists in a state where such resources are otherwise limited.
• CisanteccoreTechnology or IntegrationCisantec developed and maintains the CRF em Casa platform used by CRF-PB for online member services. This platform enables pharmacists and establishments to complete pre-registration, annual fee payments, technical responsibility annotation, and financial management remotely. The same platform serves multiple regional pharmacy councils in Brazil.
• SindifarmaJP (Sindicato dos Farmacêuticos de João Pessoa)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRF-PB and SindifarmaJP collaborate on initiatives benefiting pharmacists in João Pessoa, including securing SESC (Social Service of Commerce) health and wellness benefits for pharmacy and drugstore employees. Joint advocacy on salary floor (piso salarial) and professional rights issues.
• MP-PB (Ministério Público da Paraíba)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCRF-PB participates in MP-PB joint actions including inspections of long-term care institutions for the elderly (Resgata 38 / Resgata 10 operations) and monitoring of community therapeutic communities. These operations identify sanitary irregularities and human rights violations.
• PB Saúde (Fundação Paraibana de Gestão em Saúde)minorOthersCRF-PB has an ongoing institutional relationship with PB Saúde, the state health foundation managing public healthcare services in Paraíba. CRF-PB has filed challenges (impugnation) against PB Saúde public tender notices and participated in public hearings regarding PB Saúde staff scheduling. The relationship is characterized by regulatory and advocacy engagement rather than formal partnership.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Conselho Regional de Farmácia do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (CRF-RJ): State-level pharmacy regulator for Rio de Janeiro. Comparable in regulatory mandate, member-service model, and operating environment within the same national CFF system.
• Conselho Regional de Farmácia do Estado de Minas Gerais (CRF-MG): State-level pharmacy regulator for Minas Gerais. Comparable as a regional autarquia providing identical professional registration, inspection, and continuing-education services under the CFF framework.
• Conselho Regional de Farmácia do Estado de São Paulo (CRF-SP): State-level pharmacy regulatory council serving São Paulo, the largest pharmacist base in Brazil. Direct peer in function, scale ambition, and service portfolio; existing content partnership underscores operational comparability.
• Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado da Paraíba (CRM-PB): State-level medical professional council operating in the same Paraíba geography. Directly comparable as a peer autarquia serving a different professional category in the same regulatory and political environment.

Broad incumbents

• Conselho Federal de Farmácia (CFF): National-level pharmacy regulator that sets fee policy, professional standards, and overarching regulatory framework that CRF-PB implements at the state level. Directly comparable as the parent body in the same regulatory system.
• Conselho Federal de Medicina (CFM): National-level medical professional regulator. Comparable as the federal counterpart in the medical profession's parallel regulatory system, providing analogous national-level fee policy and standards-setting functions.
• Conselho Regional de Odontologia de São Paulo (CROSP): State-level dental professional council in São Paulo. Comparable as a parallel professional-category regulatory autarquia operating the same model of registration, fiscalization, and member services under the national CFO system.
• Conselho Regional de Medicina do Estado de São Paulo (CREMESP): State-level medical professional council in São Paulo. Comparable as a parallel professional regulatory autarquia under a different national council (CFM), executing the same model of registration, inspection, and member service.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/crfparaibaface
• Instagraminstagram.com/crfparaiba
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/conselho-regional-de-farmacia-do-estado-da-paraiba-crf

Compliance1 record

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Funding overview

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M&A

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