The Chemist Warehouse deal is a sideshow: pharmacies are ripe for bigger disruption

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Fri, 28/06/2024 - 04:52
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Fri, 28/06/2024 - 04:52
There’s something curious about the proposed merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare. Chemist Warehouse has about 550 retail pharmacies. Sigma has another 400. Yet the law limits owners to just a handful of pharmacies per state. Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria allow just five, Western Australia and Tasmania allow four, and South Australia allows six. The two Continue reading »