New Acquisition [🇮🇹]

By Which Platform was Italian ePharmacy eFarma Acquired?

The Dutch platform Atida, which strives to be the leader in ePharmacy, expands its European footprint by acquiring Italian eFarma.com. With this new acquisition, Atida and eFarma aspire to provide a pharmaceutical service that blends the familiarity and personal interaction of a local pharmacy with the benefits of comfort and speed that define a European digital platform. Which country do you think Atida will enter next?

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

eCommerce [🇨🇱]

What New Initiative will Limit Online Medications Counterfeit in Chile?

The Chilean Institute of Public Health (ISP) established an official and public registration of pharmacies that have been approved for the online distribution of pharmaceuticals. The goal is to use digital means to support the safe purchase of a medication that assures its quality. Already many different ePharmacies are signed in the list like Farmacias Ahumada, which is part of the Walgreens Boots Alliance and Cruz Verde, which is controlled by FEMSA.  This new strategy will undoubtedly protect customers from online counterfeiting.

Read More: America Retail [article in Spanish]. Google Translation in English here.

New Acquisition [🇫🇷]

French ePharmacy Santédiscount Integrates with the Atida Platform

Following its recent expansion in the Italian market, Atida is incorporating the French eParapharmacy Santédiscount. This is believed to be a fantastic chance for Santédiscount  to continue its industry expansion. In France, the popularity of online parapharmacy is between 5% and 7% so there is still room for growth. According to La Tribune Toulouse, Santédiscount, which provides 60,000 parapharmacy references from 1,500 brands, will have a turnover of close to €100M in 2021. What a fascinating new partnership!

Read More: LSA [article in French]. Google Translation in English here.

Business Insights [🇩🇪]

Which Are Germany’s Top 10 ePharmacies?

Last year, based on a recent Statista research, the top ten ePharmacies in Germany produced more than €2.2B in sales. Shop Apotheke ranks first, with a turnover of €627M, followed by  the Dutch ePharmacy DocMorris with €565.3M. In the third position the ePharmacy medpex is placed with €267.2M in sales. Meanwhile, the Internet mail order sector accounts for just a small portion of pharmacy sales, which is estimated to be roughly €57Μ by the Federal Association of German Pharmacists' Associations.

Read More: Statista [article in German]. Google Translation in English here.

Editor’s Choice [🇩🇪 🇨🇭]

Who are the New CEO and Chairman of Zur Rose Group?

As Swiss-based Zur Rose Group's growth continues to be robust, with a +17.7% revenue growth in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020, the Board of Directors has nominated Walter Oberhänsli, one of the company's Co-founders and current Executive Director, as Chairman and Walter Hess, Head of Germany and CEO of DocMorris, as new CEO.  With the upcoming shift in the Board of Directors, we are all looking forward to seeing how well the company will perform in this dynamic environment.

Read More: Zur Rose Group

Manufacturers & Retailers ​Hiring Now​​:

Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry

below:

1. eCommerce Product Manager, GE Healthcare [🇺🇸]

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2. eCommerce Specialist, Sanofi [🇬🇧]

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3. eCommerce Project Manager, Reckitt [🇺🇸]

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4. eCommerce Specialist, Perrigo [🇹🇷]

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5. Associate Dir, Consumer eCommerce, Abbvie [🇺🇸]

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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! 

In which state does one of Americas most known haunted pharmacy exists?

1. New Orleans

2. Illinois

3. California

4. There is no such thing as “haunted pharmacy”

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

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The answer to this week’s quiz is: New Orleans. The rumor has it that a New Orleans pharmacy held by America's first licensed pharmacist, Louis Dufilho Jr., has a spirit who refuses to leave. Dufilho opened his pharmacy in 1823, but sold it to Dr. Joseph Dupas in 1855. The creepy part? Dupas is rumored to still reside at his former drugstore. He is said to appear as a short, stocky, mustachioed man in his mid-sixties, and wears a brown suit with a brown top hat. No wonder ePharmacies are way better nowadays!

Happy Halloween everyone!👻