Regulation [🇿🇦]

Is Regulation the Key to Tapping Sub-Saharan Africa's Full Potential in ePharmacies?

Much of Sub-Saharan Africa lacks ePharmacy laws, which limits the ability to expand operations in a safe way. Most African countries require ePharmacies to be owned and operated by a physical pharmacy, inhibiting the growth of digital firms. Ghana is the first country to build a government-run ePharmacy platform, which supervises all transactions and links all independent ePharmacies. As the industry is still a developing market in Africa, people must seize this chance to define the sector and stimulate its growth through regulation.

Read More: Nigeria Health Watch

Marketplace [🇳🇬]

The Nigerian Wellness Healthcare Group Has Launched a Pharma Marketplace to Alleviate Meds Delivery Service

With the purpose of improving healthcare delivery service, Wellness Healthcare Group has launched Pharmacentre, a marketplace for selling pharma products to individuals, wholesalers, and distributors. All pharmacy stakeholders are welcomed to join and sell at Pharmacentre. Furthermore, it is Nigeria's first marketplace run by pharmacists, for pharmacists. The platform's goal is to ease the problems associated with the supply chain, which sets it apart from other marketplaces that are currently operating.

Read More: Vanguard

eCommerce [🇨🇦]

Canadian ePharmacy Mednow: Online Shopping Is the Best Way to Acquire Medications!

Mednow, a Toronto-based ePharmacy, strives to raise brand recognition and encourage Canadians, who are leery of digital services, to transition to ePharmacies. According to Ipsos researchers, Canadians are concerned about their ability to interact with a pharmacist, the total cost of ePharmacies, and the dependability of delivery from ePharmacies. Mednow's purpose is to demonstrate that there is no better way to obtain medications than online, where the products will be delivered straight to your door.

Read More: Strategy Online

New Research [🇮🇹]

Research: Italian ePharmacies Ranked 27th Compared to Their European Counterparts!

Visits to Italian ePharmacies continue to be lower than the European average. This was revealed in a study conducted by Convert Group, in which Italy is ranked 27th amongst its counterparts, according to data from Similarweb. In contrast to other nations, Italy remained hesitant to utilize the digital channel for the purchase of medications. The findings, which refer to 2021, describe a situation heavily impacted by the pandemic, which has resulted in a rise in the use of digital platforms for medicine purchasing across the world.

Read More: Farmacia Virtuale [article in Italian]. Google Translate in English here.

Editor’s Choice [🇷🇺]

Boom: Russian-based Yandex Market Will Now Provide Overnight Rapid Delivery of Medications

Medicines bought on Russian-based Yandex Market may now be delivered overnight in 1-2 hours, eliminating the need to seek an open pharmacy late at night. On the market, there are 4,000 OTCs and pharmacy products accessible with overnight fast delivery. Anti-cold, antipyretic, painkillers, vitamins and a variety of other medications are among them.  Furthermore, Yandex Market recently introduced a new service for its marketplace in accordance with the service model (fulfillment as a service).

Read More: New Retail [article in Russian]. Google Translate in English here.

Manufacturers & Retailers ​Hiring Now​​:

Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry below:

1. Digital Brand Manager, GSK [🇪🇬]

   More info: LinkedIn

2. Digital Shelf Senior Specialist, J&J [🇺🇸]

   More info: LinkedIn

3. eCommerce Manager, Sanofi [🇩🇪]

   More info: LinkedIn

4. eCommerce Manager, Beiersdorf [🇪🇸]

   More info: LinkedIn

5. Digital Content Specialist, Roche [🇭🇺]

   More info: LinkedIn

Quiz: Are you an ePharmacy Wizard?

Every week a new trivia question will be asked to you regarding general facts related to the Pharmaceutical sector! 

Which medication is considered #1 in terms of total lifetime sales?

1. Lipitor

2. Synthroid

3. Crestor

4. Viagra

Scroll down to the end of this email to reveal the answer.

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The answer to this week’s quiz is: Liptor. Lipitor, a cholesterol-lowering medicine, has produced a staggering $150.1B in revenue for Pfizer as of the end of the third quarter of 2017!