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Originally Posted by The Alchemist  Hi there,
I am opening my new pharmacy shortly and have looked in to the various schemes available. I have had offers from AAH, Mawdleys, Unichem, Pheonix, Lexon, Numark, Camrx, Otc direct. Overall the unichem pharmacy one scheme does not seem as good as the pheonix and Numark package.
What do you owners think?
Is Cat M as bad as the hype?
There has been a lot of money made in the past, and now is a lean time. However it looks to me that there is still a good profit in pharmacy.
Also, what would you say the wholesalers discount % should be?
There seems to be perhaps only about 1 to 1.5% on ethicals after clawback. The only profit looks like generics and PI's.
Your thoughts would be appreciated. |
Not an owner but a former operations manager who oversaw all buying, negotiating and haggling for a small group.
My experience:
I didn't find the UniChem scheme to be competative.
Best for us was AAH and the TEVA scheme and a few spreadsheets, looking at the drug tariff online before the start of the month...
Cat M sucks
Wholesalers discount depends on your turnover. Difficult for me to be specific on a public forum but more than 11% is what you should negotiate and several loyalty discounts on other product groups.
Generics is where its at, some PIs are good. Pfizer, AZ and others have taken a lot of the profit out with their "direct schemes".
Best of luck. Keep haggling and keep on top of those prices MONTHLY.