Super Monday for pharma
April 10, 2012
02 APRIL is being described by
pharmaceutical wholesalers as
‘Super Monday’ after they
delivered more than four million
therapeutic items to pharmacies
across the nation.
Super Monday was sparked by
the 01 April PBS price cuts, which
saw the price of more than 100
commonly dispensed drugs drop.
The “well planned and executed
response” to the uptake in ordering
was made possible, according to
the wholesalers, by the
infrastructure and redundancy
arrangements established under
their Community Service Obligation
(CSO) agreement with the Federal
Government (which requires
wholesalers maintain the ability to
deliver any of the more than 6,000
PBS medicines anywhere in Australia
within 24 hours of an order being
placed in return for a Govt subsidy).
“This was the largest day of
orders in our history and I am
proud to say that we met our
CSO responsibilities,” said President
of the National Pharmaceutical
Services Association, Patrick Davies.
“Aware of our obligations, CSO
wholesalers worked closely with
manufacturers and pharmacies in
the weeks leading up to the April
price cuts in order to minimise the
impact on patients.
“When the time came, the CSO
ensured that patients across
Australia had reliable and
timely access to PBS medicines
even under extraordinary
Pharmacy Practice Incentives (PPI) circumstances,” he added.
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