GORDONS CHEMISTS EXITS SCOTTISH MARKET TO FOCUS ON NORTHERN IRELAND NETWORK

Gordons Chemists, Northern Ireland’s largest independent pharmacy chain, has sold all nine of its Scottish pharmacies as part of a strategic decision to refocus on its home market. Broker Christie & Co recently announced the sale of the pharmacies, located in Helensburgh, Alexandria, Milngavie, Cowdenbeath, Musselburgh, Edinburgh, Ar

The Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) has criticised the government’s proposed changes to the Statutory Scheme payment rate for newer branded medicines, warning that it reflects a “fundamentally broken” UK medicines market. The ‘payment rate’ refers to the amount of revenue pharmaceutical companies must retu