5 Things in ePharmacy You Need to Know This Friday 04/02/22
Supply Chain [🇺🇸]
Is Drone Delivery The New Reality of Rx Meds Delivery in the US?
Magellan Rx Management, Magellan Health Inc.'s full-service Pharmacy Benefits Management (PBM) division, and Zipline, a drone technology provider, are joining forces to provide on-demand delivery of Rx meds, including specialty medications that treat chronic, complex conditions, directly to patients' homes via drones for as little as 15 minutes. Beginning this year, the drone delivery option will be accessible to Magellan Rx members in the North Carolina service region. We cannot wait to see how instant logistics will transform healthcare in the future!
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New Alliance [🇮🇳]
BOOM: Indian Apollo Pharmacy Ltd Will Now Sell Products Through Amazon’s ePharmacy
As the ePharmacy market in India ramps up, Apollo Pharmacy Ltd products will begin to be sold on Amazon. This alliance with the eCommerce giant is anticipated to broaden the market for Apollo Pharmacies, which until now has relied only on its offline chain of stores and online pharmacy. With the addition of Apollo Pharmacy’s products into Amazon’s platform, consumers will have their order delivered directly by Amazon across India. What a great addition to India’s ePharmacy market!
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eCommerce [🇫🇷]
Are Mobile Apps for ePharmacies the Future of the Pharmaceutical Sector in France?
The pandemic has spiked a new desire for in-home delivery options to consumers in the French ePharmacy sector. With mobile at the forefront of use, integrating pharmaceutical services in an app is essential to capturing more consumers and growing your business in today’s global ePharmacy market. Additionally, as young professionals, busy parents, energetic retirees, people with chronic conditions are looking for ways to spend as little time and energy as possible interacting with a pharmacy, a new digital shift is needed in the French ePharmacy market.
Read More: Services Mobiles [article in French]. Google Translate in English here.
New Research [🇮🇹]
5.6M Italians Purchase Consumer Healthcare products Online on a Regular Basis!
The Italian ePharmacy sector skyrocketed in 2021, as 280 new ePharmacies were granted authorisation. Additionally, according to Netcomm, the Italian Digital Hub for the Evolution of Businesses, 18M Italians currently purchase meds and health products online, with 5.6M of them doing so on a regular basis. Actually, 35% of Italians, have a reference eCommerce site for their remote purchases. Aside from the pharmaceutical industry, McKinsey projects that the online beauty industry, whose items may also be found at ePharmacies, will become the dominant channel by 2024. Imagine the growth Amazon’s ePharmacy entry into Italy will entail!
Read More: Pambianco News [article in Italian]. Google Translate in English here.
Editor’s Choice [🇧🇷]
Is The Brazilian Federation of Associativity and Independent Pharmacy Networks Guiding the Launch of a New App in the ePharmacy Market?
A brand-new partnership among Febrafar, the Brazilian Federation of Associativity and Independent Pharmacy Networks, and Farmarcas, the Multibrand Association of Pharmacies and Drugstores, introduced e-Delivery, a brand-new online sales and delivery service app, to the market, with the aim of enhancing online shopping at Brazilian pharmacies. e-Delivery is a platform available solely to Febrafar and Farmarcas members. With this app consumers can connect with their retail pharmacy online, place their order and receive it wherever they like, directly from the pharmacy they prefer.
Read More: Guia Da Farmacia [article in Portuguese]. Google Translate in English here.
Manufacturers & Retailers Hiring Now:
Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry
below:
eCommerce Content Manager, Reckitt [🇵🇱]
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Digital Commerce Manager, GSK [🇺🇦]
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Sr eCommerce Analyst, Roche [🇺🇸]
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eCommerce Marketing Specialist, J&J [🇯🇵]
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Digital Content Manager, Sanofi [🇨🇿]
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Quiz: Are you an ePharmacy Wizard?
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Which is the first-ever modern medicine?
Laudanum
Morphine
Quinine
Paracetamol
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The answer to this week’s quiz is: Morphine. Friedrich Sertürner, a German scientist, invented the first modern pharmaceutical medication in 1804. In his laboratory, he isolated the major active component from opium and named it morphine.