Friday 14 August 2009

UK - United Drug and Medco Health Solutions Join Forces to Provide Home-Based Pharmacy Care

United Drug agreed a deal with Medco Health Solutions to provide home-based pharmacy care services in the UK, in August 2009.

The joint project will provide a range of services to NHS patients, including prescription drug dispensing and home delivery and on-site nursing care for the administration of oral, injectable and infused agents.

Currently homecare pharmacy services comprise around £1.6 billion of the UK’s prescription drug spending. Investments in services such as these have grown at an annual rate of over 20% over the past five years.

Further reading - An in-depth review of the UK pharmaceutical market, including some background information on pharmacy services, is available from Espicom: The Pharmaceutical Market: United Kingdom (published June 2009)

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