wholesalers
Monopolies threatening the supply chain: wholesalers
Medicines wholesalers are warning that some current supply arrangements are undermining the CSO’s structure Without urgent action to stamp out monopolies in the nation’s medicine supply chain, access to essential …
Financial results don’t meet Sigma Healthcare’s expectations
Sigma Healthcare chief Mark Hooper has addressed the Chemist Warehouse supply agreement and the issue of exclusive direct distribution Speaking at Sigma Healthcare’s Annual General Meeting, Mr Hooper said that …
Medicine supply under threat
Guild backs NPSA and calls for PBS listing of medicines to be conditional on supply through CSO wholesalers Action is needed to protect Australia’s struggling medicine wholesale section, speakers at …
Community pharmacy concerns over direct supply
Guild says it is “actively lobbying” the Health Minister, arguing that exclusive direct supply increases complexity and cost for pharmacies Following last week’s revelation that AstraZeneca will be exclusively distributing …
Sigma to restructure
Sigma has announced that it is restructuring its business and farewelling its Chief Operating Officer, Gary Dunne Sigma says that its recent change of name to Sigma Healthcare Limited was …
‘Systematic market failure’ under King options
Without CSO or other appropriate funding, the community pharmacy model would fail, wholesalers have warned The Review of Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation Interim Report outlines three alternative options relating to …
Sigma drops Chemist Warehouse legal action
Sigma has decided not to pursue its legal action against My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse Sigma Healthcare Limited and My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse Group have entered into a formal negotiation period to seek …
$15 million for CSO wholesalers
Wholesalers have welcomed CSO changes which will see them receive $15 million extra in offset funding The National Pharmaceutical Services Association, Australia’s peak organisation representing full-line pharmaceutical wholesalers, says it …
$15 million compensation for CSO wholesalers
Sigma has agreed to an amendment to its Community Service Obligation Deed that will result in an additional $5.2 million of funding The amendment to the CSO Deed reflects the …
King report suggests direct supply, removing CSO
CSO wholesalers say the King Review interim report options ‘lack rigour’, while Medicines Australia has concerns about the impact of potential changes to supply The interim report of the Review …
Sigma takes legal action against Chemist Warehouse
Sigma is set to commence legal proceedings against the My Chemist/Chemist Warehouse group Sigma Healthcare Limited said in a statement today that it has been in ongoing discussions relating to …
Wholesalers not ‘thrown under the bus’: Guild
The Pharmacy Guild of Australia says it did not “throw the wholesalers under the bus” during 6CPA negotiations. Professor Stephen King, chair of the Pharmacy Remuneration and Regulation review panel …