PHARMACEUTICAL TRADE

Beiersdorf executive new CEO at Celesio

The Stuttgart-based pharmaceutical wholesaler Celesio has a new CEO: Previously board member of Beiersdorf, Markus Pinger will succeed Dr Fritz Oesterle as of August 15. With Oesterle leaving the company already on ...more

PHARMACEUTICAL TRADE

Phoenix reins in subgroups

Those wanting to meet the directors of Phoenix these days need not travel to Mannheim, but to Sweden. The managers have been holding a meeting in ...more

PHARMACY OWNERSHIP

European Commission wants to close proceedings

19 May marked the second anniversary of the judgement of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) on the ban on outside ownership of pharmacies; the ...more

ESTONIA

e-prescription attracts mail-order pharmacies

Identity card instead of prescription: Since January 2010, pharmaceuticals in Estonia are in most cases no longer prescribed on paper, but ...more

PHARMACY FRANCHISE

DocMorris launches pick-up in pharmacies

Customers of the mail-order pharmacy DocMorris are now able to order their pharmaceuticals in the German pharmacies of the franchise holders. Two ...more

SWEDEN

Apoteket installs OTC dispensers

Competition on the Swedish pharmacy market fuels ever-new developments. With increasing competitors especially in the OTC segment, the ...more

DENMARK

Drugstores attack pharmacies

Lobbyists in Denmark are uniting to attack the pharmacy market: on the initiative of the radical liberal minority party “Liberal Alliance”, the ...more