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Sep 2, 2022
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Interview [🇮🇳]

Indian ePharmacy Tata 1mg Plans to Serve over 100 Cities Soon

Tata 1mg, an Indian ePharmacy, plans to extend its digital footprint nationally and become profitable over the next 2 years. On the pharmacy side, increasing gross margins comes with scale. Because it is the biggest digital healthcare platform in terms of traffic, with 40 million monthly users, the firm has massive advertising potential.  Additionally, the firm strives to soon serve more than 100 cities, according to its CEO, Prashant Tandon.

Read More: Business Today


New Alliance [🇺🇸]

Amazon is Now Bidding to Acquire Home Health Services Provider Signify Health, vs CVS and UnitedHealth Group

Signify Health, a supplier of home health care is the subject of separate bids from Amazon, UnitedHealth Group, and CVS Health. Final biddings are anticipated by Sept. 6 and will be discussed on Monday at a board meeting held by Signify. Home health service provider Option Care Health is also a bidder. Customers of Signify, a company that does at-home health examinations, include health insurers, public and private companies, hospital owners, and physician organizations. Who do you think will finally acquire the company?

Read More: Reuters


Last Mile [🇩🇪]

Shop Apotheke Acquires First-A and Enters Q-Commerce in Germany!

German ePharmacy Shop Apotheke has joined the Q-Commerce market with the acquisition of First A, an expedited delivery service. Pharmacy-only medications and drugstore goods are now offered in several cities and delivered to the front door within 30 minutes, thanks to alliances with stationary pharmacies. Additionally, German ePharmacy DocMorris can cover 50% of the delivery zones thanks to its network of 200–250 partner pharmacies.

Read More: Apotheke Adhoc [article in Swedish]. Google Translate in English here.


eCommerce [🇺🇸]

How is US-based CVS Health Actively Competing Against Amazon?

Before Amazon bidding for One Medical in July, CVS Health pursued a partnership with them. Since then, as we previously mentioned, the business has been trying to acquire the $4.7B home health provider Signify Health. With more than 900 data scientists striving to reduce waste, CVS Health intends to continue competing with Amazon. The business has also strengthened its position in the telehealth and digital health markets by collaborating with Amwell, a provider of telemedicine services.

Read More: Becker’s Hospital Review


Editor’s Choice [🇨🇭]

Is Swiss ePharmacy Zur Rose Group Currently Considering a Possible Sale?

Swiss ePharmacy Zur Rose Group is reportedly considering several possibilities, with a potential sale not being completely ruled out, according to a Bloomberg report. Within the past year, the share price of the Swiss ePharmacy has decreased by around 80%. But a few days ago, when the business announced that it will achieve a break-even point by 2023 based on adjusted profits before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, its stock received a boost.

Read More: Startbase


Manufacturers & Retailers ​Hiring Now​​:

Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry below:

  1. eCommerce Manager, Pierre Fabre [🇧🇪]

    More info: LinkedIn

  2. Digital Site Manager, Sanofi [🇫🇷]

    More info: LinkedIn

  3. Digital Shelf Lead - Syndication and Content Readiness, J&J [🇺🇸]

    More info: LinkedIn

  4. eCommerce Key Account Manager, Haleon [🇨🇳]

    More info: LinkedIn

  5. SEO Content Manager, Shop Apotheke [🇩🇪]

    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 of the pharmacists listed below was not also a politician?

  1. Daniel Burling

  2. John Stith Pemberton

  3. Hubert Humphrey

  4. Samuel Leonard Tilley

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


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The answer to this week’s quiz is: John Stith Pemberton. John Stith Pemberton was a Confederate States Army veteran and American pharmacist best known as the inventor of Coca-Cola. He created an early form of the beverage that would eventually become Coca-Cola in May 1886, although he relinquished his rights to the drink soon before his death.

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