Medicines

Retail Asia29/04/2019

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A sister company of Google has been given the green light to launch drone delivery in Australia after years of test flights. The drone company Wing, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, was given permission this week to deliver takeaway food and drinks and over-the-counter medicines by drone to about 100 homes in Canberra. Wing, which […]

Retail Asia21/07/2017

Instead of visiting a polyclinic, select patients are now collecting their medicine at a 7-Eleven Singapore store. Available at 34 outlets, the service is being offered to chronic disease patients under the National Healthcare Group’s (NHG) chain of nine polyclinics, which pack the drugs for delivery to lockers in the patient’s preferred store. Patients receive […]

Retail Asia03/11/2016

The Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK) has introduced a new mobile lending program for the purchase of essential drugs. LANDBANK, a government financial institution, has teamed up with branded generic drugs company RiteMed to expand the use of its electronic salary loans program. The LANDBANK Mobile Loan Saver (LMLS) launched in September 2014 and […]

Retail Asia22/04/2015

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Hong Kong police and Department of Health officials raided a retail shop in Cheung Chau on Monday for the suspected illegal sale and possession of unregistered pharmaceutical products. The DH says that during its routine market surveillance, it found suspected unregistered pharmaceutical products were being offered for sale at the shop. “Various products, including pain […]

Tag: Medicines

Google delivery drones cleared for Australian Airspace

7-Eleven Singapore offers medicine service

LANDBANK introduces mobile lending for medicines

Hong Kong retailer raided for illegal medicines