5 Things in ePharmacy You Need to Know This Friday 01/10/21
5 Things in ePharmacy You Need to Know This Friday 01/10/21
eCommerce [🇳🇬]
HealthPlus Just Launched an “All-in-One” Pharmaceutical eCommerce Platform in Nigeria!
With the launch of a new Nigerian ePharmacy, HealthPlus Limited, West Africa's fastest-growing pharmacy chain, is set to revolutionize the pharmaceutical industry. In collaboration with healthcare providers like MeCure, HealthPlus’s new initiative is really a "one-stop shop" approach for medical services and the best pharmaceutical care. Additionally, as a special welcome offer, it provides its clients a 40% discount on various pharmaceutical products.
Read More: The Eagle Online
Expansion [🇺🇸]
Is The US-based Rx Discount App GoodRx Striving to Become a Holistic Medical Resource?
US GoodRx, an app that tracks Rx prices and offers coupons for medication discounts for both online and offline pharmacies to over 20M people, is expanding into health services. GoodRx Health is a new telehealth platform that enables consumers to see a licensed physician for primary care services and educates them about health-related issues. GoodRx brought in second-quarter revenue of $177M and an Rx transactions revenue increase of 32% vs last year. Will GoodRx win the tremendous battle against giant Amazon ePharmacy?
Read More: Fierce Healthcare
Funding [🇳🇿]
What is ΝΖ-based Green Cross Health’s Latest ePharmacy-Related Acquisition?
Green Cross Health, a New Zealand's primary care provider, has acquired a quarter stake in ePharmacy PillDrop to assure its adaptation in the new digital health era. PillDrop distributes Rx medications, offering same-day or overnight delivery, and offers a mobile app that serves as a digital medicine diary. Green Cross Health's investment, according to PillDrop founders, will help broaden its services across New Zealand and bring in innovative technologies.
Read More: Mobihealth News
Tech News [🇮🇳]
How is Indian Tata Group Planning to Revolutionize the Healthcare Sector After Acquiring 1mg ePharmacy?
After acquiring a majority stake in Indian ePharmacy 1mg, Tata group is investing heavily on the healthcare segment with Tata Health, which offers teleconsultation services. Later on, Tata Health strives to assess non-communicable diseases before they occur to its users. The Tata Group actually aspires to become a holistic Indian platform that provides medical advice as well as sells the necessary medications to its clients. Are really integrated healthcare platforms the wave of the future?
Read More: Gadgets Now
Editor’s Choice 🌎
Soon New Legislations will Arise to Support ePharmacies’ Battle Against Counterfeit Meds!
In the eCommerce era, ePharmacies offering counterfeit drugs may now more easily be perceived as legitimate, while ‘legitimate' ones may be corrupted with counterfeit batches. Additionally, while pharmacists can verify product validity, customers do not have such capability yet so they need to be extremely careful of where they are purchasing from especially with online deliveries. Actually, in the years to come, serialization of every single product and data monetization could be the key to anti-counterfeit and hence online protection of customers. For now, EU ePharmacies can include a quality sign to state their validity.
Read More: Packaging Europe
Manufacturers & Retailers Hiring Now:
Discover actively recruiting positions in the ePharmacy Industry
below:
Digital Comm. Operations Analyst, Cons. Healthcare, GSK [🇨🇦]
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Digital Health Solutions, Roche [🇹🇷]
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Digital Solution Product Manager, GE Healthcare [🇨🇳]
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Senior eCommerce Man. - Consumer., J&J [🇬🇧]
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Brand Sen. Man. Brand Development, Shop Apotheke [🇩🇪]
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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!
What else beside traditional medicine did the first licensed drugstore sell in the US?
Cosmetics
Voodoo remedies
Organic Food
Energy drinks
Scroll down to the end of this email to reveal the answer.
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The answer to this week’s quiz is: Voodoo remedies. A French immigrant named Louis Dufilho, Jr. became the first licensed pharmacist in the county in 1816. He opened his own pharmacy in 1823 in New Orleans, where he offered traditional medications as well as Voodoo remedies, opium, leeches, and a soda fountain.