BECTON, Dickinson and Company (BD) has announced the acquisition of the sales and support operations for Rowa Technologies in Australia and New Zealand.
The move follows the voluntary administration of Dose Innovations (PD 23 Jan 2018) which was "not able to continue trading in its own right," according to external administrator Cor Cordis.
Dose Innovations was the Australian and NZ distributor of the Rowa Automated Dispensary system, and had installed more than 100 pharmacy robots across the country.
BD acquired Rowa globally in 2015 through the takeover of Carefusion, which had itself bought the dispensary automation specialist in 2011.
After Dose Innovations was placed into administration, BD stepped in locally with a licensing agreement for the administrators with the aim of minimising disruption for affected customers (PD 25 Jan).
Now the sales and service operations have been formally taken over by BD, with BD Rowa Technologies vice president Dirk Wingenter saying the deal means "BD can more quickly build scale and depth in medication dispensing solutions for community pharmacies, pharmacy banner groups, hospital pharmacies and pharmaceutical wholesalers.
"We look forward to enhancing the pharmacy experience and innovations in medication wholesale across Australia and New Zealand," he added.
Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
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