5 Things in ePharmacy You Need to Know This Friday 25/03/22

Mar 25, 2022

eCommerce 🌎

Leaked Footage: Will Amazon Redefine the Medical Industry Once and for All?

According to Andy Jassy’s, Amazon's CEO, leaked company internal meeting audio recording, the company intends to reshape the medical industry. Patients and doctors will be able to connect more easily via texts and video chats thanks to Amazon Care, Rx meds will be mailed and medical assistants could be dispatched to consumers' homes to conduct tests and collect lab samples in some places. Additionally, in order to stay up with retail pharmacies, Amazon is considering introducing pharmacies in Whole Foods stores as well as a self-service pharmacy network.

Read More: Business Insider [article in German]. Google Translate in English here.

New Research [🇪🇸]

BOOM: 4 out of 10 Spanish Shoppers Purchase OTCs Online and the Number is Constantly Rising!

According to a recent Elogia Pharma study, 4 out of 10 Spanish consumers (44%) now purchase OTC medications from ePharmacies. According to this survey, the digital channel is becoming more essential in the OTC purchasing process, with 56% of responders saying they would 'certainly' or 'probably' purchase OTCs from Amazon, if it sold them online. Additionally, more than half of those surveyed spend more than €25 in the online channel for self-consumption health items.

Read More: Heraldo [article in Spanish]. Google Translate in English here.

Legislation [🇰🇪]

The Kenyan Pharmacy and Poisons Board Pushes for New Regulations for ePharmacies

As ePharmacies in Kenya are on the rise, the Kenyan Pharmacy and Poisons Board (PPB) has recommended a totally fresh set of rules to regulate them. The prior guidelines do not cover health services provided online, hence they now increase the bar by aligning local rules with international standards. Moreover, anyone posting pharmaceutical advertisements on the internet should seek permission from the PPB because if the ads aren't carefully prepared, they could contribute to mass misuse of the medicines.

British ePharmacies Quadrupled Their Sales Volume in Only 5 Years!

UK-based ePharmacies distributed almost 53M items in 2021, according to NHS Business Services Authority data, rising 301% from the 13M items dispensed in 2016. This huge growth was also boosted in 2020, mainly by the COVID-19 pandemic, as the number of distributed products soared by 45%. How much growth will British ePharmacies continue to drive, in comparison to retail pharmacies, in the post-pandemic scenery?

SwipeRx Is Reshaping Southeast Asia’s B2B Medication Industry!

Southeast Asia’s SwipeRx is aiming to assist both online and offline pharmacies to improve the quality of health services for the community. The B2B platform, which is currently available in six countries, strives to fulfill pharmacists' requests for a simple, fast, and free delivery service with no minimum purchases. The app's capabilities can assist pharmacists in easily ordering pharmacy supplies and meds online. Pharmacists now can quickly and easily identify and compare prices of the products they need online through SwipeRx’s marketplace!

Read More: Medcom [article in Indonesian]. Google Translate in English here.

Manufacturers & Retailers Hiring Now:

Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry below:

eCommerce Specialist, J&J [🇨🇱]
More info: LinkedIn
Commercial Analyst eCommerce, Reckitt [🇬🇧]
More info: LinkedIn
Global eCommerce content & eMerchandising Manager, Pierre Fabre [🇫🇷]
More info: LinkedIn
Product Merchandiser - eCommerce, Thermo Fisher Scientific [🇫🇮]
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Lead - Digital Channel Operations, AbbVie [🇺🇸]
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!

Where else is nitroglycerin, the medication used to alleviate chest pain, used?

Sleeping medication
Soft Drinks
Dynamite making
Furniture polishing

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

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The answer to this week’s quiz is: Dynamite making. Nitroglycerin, commonly known as glyceryl trinitrate, is a powerful explosive and an essential component of most types of dynamite. That’s definitely a bombing medication! 💣

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