Alliance Healthcare reaffirms its commitment to the independent pharmacy.
Barcelona, January 2013.- after the information published about the draft law of professional societies, Alliance Healthcare España wants to underline that neither Alliance Boots nor Alliance Healthcare are pushing or carrying out any action to change the Spanish legislation. And this can also apply to other countries with similar model to the Spanish, like Italy, France or Germany.
The unique and fundamental strategy of Alliance Healthcare España is based on commitment to pharmacy independent, in which the pharmacist is both owner and proprietor. This has a solid business model recognized by more than 7,500 customers of Alliance Healthcare pharmacies and which has among its priorities the strengthening of the Office of pharmacy in Spain.
Alliance Healthcare, not considered that liberalization of the property may be the solution that delivers economic viability to the sector or savings to the NHS.
About Alliance Healthcare
Alliance Healthcare is the Division of distribution wholesale and commercial affairs of Alliance Boots.
Alliance Boots is a leading international group in health and beauty that offers a wide range of products and services to customers. We work closely with both the pharmaceutical industry and pharmacy, with the commitment to improve health in the communities where we are present and help patients feel better. Our goal is the development of our two main activities: Wholesale pharmaceutical distribution and pharmaceutical retailing.
Alliance Boots is present in more than 25 * countries and employs more than 116,000 * people. Alliance Boots has retail pharmaceutical stores in 11 * countries and operates more than 3.330 * tents, 3,200 * of which has a pharmacy. Our pharmaceutical distribution business delivers medicines and other health-related products, as well as other services to more than 170,000 * pharmacies, doctors, health centres and hospitals through more than 370 * distribution in 21 warehouses * countries.
* Data are approximate, to March 31, 2012 and include associated companies and joint ventures.
