5 Things in ePharmacy You Need to Know This Friday 5/11/21
5 Things in ePharmacy You Need to Know This Friday 5/11/21
Tech News [🇬🇧]
Will an ePharmacy Nomination be Added in the UK's NHS App?
The NHS App, which allows users to choose their preferred pharmacy, is being upgraded to include the option of selecting an ePharmacy, which is currently unavailable. Since September 2020, the number of Rx orders fulfilled through the app has increased by 370%, while over 60,000 pharmacies are nominated on a monthly basis. Do you think the NHS App should include an option for patients to nominate online pharmacies?
Read More: Chemist & Druggist
New Alliance [🇮🇹]
The Italian Hippocrates Holding Expands by Acquiring ePharmacy Top Farmacia
Hippocrates Holding, the Italian pharmaceutical corporation, has acquired the Italian ePharmacy Top Farmacia. Top Farmacia has been online since 2011 and has grown to become one of the most well-known and commonly used ePharmacy for the purchase of cosmetics, vitamins, OTC medicines, and other medications. With the purchase, Hippocrates Holding makes a significant step toward the vision of omnichannel, which aims by 2022 to provide consumers with a comprehensive customer journey ecosystem.
Read More: BeBeez [article in Italian]. Google Translation in English here.
eCommerce [🇫🇷]
What Challenges are French ePharmacies Currently Facing?
As more European ePharmacies spread their services to France, French ePharmacies aim to prohibit promotional techniques based on French legislation, which is quite restricted in terms of advertising. For now , French ePharmacies appear to be at a disadvantage due to the relatively limited French advertising law; they can do "less" than many of their overseas competitors, who can sell online to the French public. Let us hope that new regulations emerge that will assist French pharmacies in regaining territory in the French market.
Read More: Droit & Technologies [article in French]. Google Translation in English here.
New Alliance [🇷🇺]
Russian ePharmacy Sber Apteka Just Announced Its Partnership with eRetailer Samokat
Russian Sber Apteka, began supplying OTC medications in collaboration with eRetailer Samokat. Following the online order, the buyer will receive the medications at his/her house within 1.5 hours or select a convenient "delivery on request" format. The delivery is free, and the pricing for the items is the same as on the website and the "Sber Eapteki" app. Firstly, the distribution will be limited to 11 districts in Moscow, but an expansion will take place soon.
Read More: Retail.ru [article in Russian]. Google Translation in English here.
Editor’s Choice [🇧🇷]
Brazil’s Newest RD Marketplace is Here to Stay!
Created in October 2020, during the pandemic, the RD Marketplace proposal includes monitoring and caring for people's health and well-being at all stages of life, taking into account what is required to have a good quality of life. Additionally, according to the Brazilian Association of the Personal Hygiene, Perfumery and Cosmetics Industry the market has grown by 10% in the last ten years and, due to the restrictive measures, last year, cosmetics increased by 5.8%. Marketplaces are becoming more than just a trend; don't you agree?
Read More: Universidade Marketplaces [article in Portoguese]. Google Translation in English here.
Manufacturers & Retailers Hiring Now:
Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry
below:
eCommerce Specialist, Thermo Fisher Scientific [🇦🇺]
More info: LinkedIn
SEA ecommerce Manager, GSK [🇸🇬]
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Stage in E-Commerce, J&J [🇫🇷]
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Digital & eRetail Specialist, Pierre Fabre [🇧🇬]
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Ecommerce Specialist, Uniphar [🇮🇪]
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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!
How many pharmacy technicians are women in the US?
56.8%
42.4%
71.3%
85.4%
Scroll down to the end of this email to reveal the answer.
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The answer to this week’s quiz is: 71.3%. Apparently, in the US, 71.3% of all Pharmacist Technicians are women, while only 24.5% are men. Additionally, in 2014 the National Pharmacist Workforce Survey found that more women than men were practicing pharmacy or working in a pharmacy-related career, 83.9% versus 65.2%, respectively.