The pharmacy is a place for pharmacists to practice pharmacy, but also as a profit-oriented business unit. Inventory management in a pharmacy is one of the determining factors for the success of a pharmacy in obtaining operating profits. Planning and procurement of drugs in pharmacies is carried out using ABC and VEN analysis so as to meet demand and optimize operating profit. Asthma medication is one of the important medicines during the COVID-19 pandemic because one of the symptoms is shortness of breath. The problem being studied is a comparison of asthma drug supplies at the beginning and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to determine the impact of the pandemic on asthma medications used by patients. The method used is descriptive quantitative and qualitative methods using pareto ABC and VEN (vital, essential, normal) methods. The results of the study using the Pareto ABC method showed a change in the number of drugs in categories A and B in 2019 from 6 types each to 7 types of drugs in 2022. In addition, there were changes in the types of drugs in pareto A and B except for ventolin inhalers and ventolin nebules. while berotec MDI inhaler and ataroc syrup shifted their category. The ABC-VEN matrix pattern has changes in the number and types of drugs between 2019 and 2022 so that planning for asthma medications in pharmacies must also change
Keyword : Pharmacy, Asthma, Pareto Abc, Ven, Covid-19,