eCommerce [🇭🇺]

What New Legislation Just Dropped For Hungarian ePharmacies?

At the closing days of 2021, massive online orders were recorded in Hungarian ePharmacies. This behavior can be attributed to the new ePharmacy law, which bans the online purchase of OTCs starting from January 2022. More precisely, only pharmacists or assistants can deliver an online purchase. According to president of MGYK, Zoltán Hanko, a thorough and comprehensive rethinking of home delivery and online medicine purchase is also required.

Read More: Az én Pénzem [article in Hungarian]. Google Translate in English here.

Innovation [🇰🇷]

A New StartUp Is Striving to Introduce Q-Commerce in Korea’s ePharmacy Landscape!

Medb, a Korean online medical treatment and Rx meds delivery company, was launched in the Gangnam region. The firm connects patients to local hospitals and video treatments based on their location, while a Medb Rider delivers to them their meds from nearby pharmacies. The platform is intended to provide more convenient and rapid access to medical services for medically vulnerable groups including people who do not have time to go to the hospital or patients who cannot leave their houses. Do you think Medb will make a healthy difference in the community?

Read More: Platum [article in Korean]. Google Translate in English here.

Awards [🇷🇸]

BENU Is Awarded As The Best ePharmacy in Serbia!

BENU ePharmacy got two awards at the Hotspot awards by the eCommerce Association of Serbia.  Being the market's last large pharmacy chain to enter the eCommerce sector, the firm intends to expand rapidly to stay ahead of competition. Moreover, the pharmacy’s online services are available 24Hrs, offering professional advice for those in need. The firm has also launched an order and purchase service, in which pharmaceutical items, except medications, may be selected and bought in the ePharmacy, and then paid and picked up in the pharmacy of choice.

Read More: N1 SRB [article in Serbian]. Google Translate in English here.

eCommerce [🇳🇱]

Are ePharmacies Really Posing a Threat in The Netherlands' Pharmaceutical Sector? 

According to Xiaohui Hu, a board member of the Netherlands’ service pharmacy foundation, people are increasingly looking to acquire their meds online and have them delivered to their homes, particularly since the pandemic's outbreak. Professionals are concerned that ePharmacies might reduce access to treatment in the Netherlands in the long run, especially during an emergency since most of them cannot deliver over night. Do you believe ePharmacies should be held accountable for these concerns?

Read More: PZC [article in Dutch]. Google Translate in English here.

Editor’s Choice [🇸🇬]

BOOM: Singapore’s First-Ever HSA-Registered ePharmacy Is Here!

On January 10th, Hyphens Pharma International Limited launched WellAway, an ePharmacy where patients can obtain ePrescriptions from qualified medical doctors and have their medication delivered to them in a safe and protected way. WellAway is also the first Singaporean ePharmacy registered in the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), which is the Singaporean FDA. What do you believe will emerge in Singapore's ePharmacy sector in the next months?

Read More: The Edge Singapore

Manufacturers & Retailers ​Hiring Now​​:

Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry

below:

1. eCommerce Excellence Manager, Bayer [🇷🇺]

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2. Marketing Specialist eCommerce, Thermo Fisher Scientific [🇨🇳]

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3. eCommerce Specialist, Uniphar Group [🇮🇪]

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4. Associate Manager eCommerce Operation, AstraZeneca [🇨🇳]

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5. Digital Commerce - Analyst, Dig. Experience, Walgreens [🇺🇸]

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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! 

Who is known as the first-ever legitimate pharmacist in the U.S.?

1. William Procter Jr.

2. John Pemberton

3. Alexander Flemming

4. Louis J. Dufilho Jr.

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

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The answer to this week’s quiz is: Louis J. Dufilho Jr.. According to the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum, Louis J. Dufilho Jr. of Louisiana became the first to pass the licensing examinations in 1816, and he is known as the first legitimate pharmacist in the U.S.