Using Technology to Connect Manufacturer Products with Pharmacists

This episode of the Pharmacy View Podcast features Pharmacist Nader Mitri, General Manager PharmaPrograms. Listen in as host Scott Carpenter, EVBC and Nader talk about the evolution of technology used in Pharmacies and what the future holds for PharmaPrograms helping patients receive more value from their Health journey. Having spent 18 years in the Pharmacy industry, 10 years as a business owner of three Pharmacies, Nader is driven by passion when it comes to his work. When it felt like he was a little burnt out and needed to spend more time with his family, he sold his Pharmacies to start working with PharmaPrograms for a better work/life balance—no keeping him away from what he knows and likes! Talking about PharmaPrograms, Nadir shares how the current programs are run across 5.400 community pharmacies which participate in at least one of each of these programs. Adding on, he says since its initiation, they have paid over 37 million dollars to community pharmacies in revenue for their support. The programs, which could either be primary product or health condition focused, he furthers, are privately funded by the manufacturers. There’s no cost that pharmacies need to pay to enrol in the programs and their policy ensures that all kinds of pharmacies from community to hospital pharmacies, from PBS to Non-PBS to compounding pharmacies have access to the programs.