Pfizer’s Saturday deliveries
January 27, 2012
PFIZER Australia has responded to
calls from Australian community
pharmacists by expandeing its
Pfizer Direct operations to allow for
Saturday deliveries to metropolitan,
regional and rural pharmacies.
The service will enable
pharmacists to select a Saturday
delivery option for orders placed
manually before 2pm on Fridays.
Pharmacists who opt for Saturday
deliveries will however have to pay
a $20 delivery fee.
Discussing the company’s
decision to place a $20 fee on
Saturday deliveries, Pfizer
Australia’s Managing Director, John
Latham, said that it was necessary
given the “additional delivery costs
involved”.
“Urgent orders, and orders for
medicines from the critical
products list, will continue to be
delivered on the same day
wherever possible, free of charge,
including at weekends and on
public holidays,” he added.
The new Saturday delivery option
will be available to pharmacists
from 05 March 2012, and coincides
with the first anniversary of the
Pfizer Direct distribution model.
“Pharmacists have told us they
want the option to receive orders
on Saturdays and we are pleased
to be able to introduce this,”
Latham said.
“For those pharmacists who are
open on Saturdays, this will give
them additional flexibility in
meeting their patients’ needs,” he
added.
Speaking about the controversial
Pfizer Direct system 12-months
after its birth Latham said that the
service had so far delivered more
than 428,000 orders, 99% of which
were delivered on time.
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