The ACCC is wary about the proposed merger of Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare. But other decisions will matter more for service and prices. They concern pharmacy discounting and location rules, and they'll involve taking on existing owners.
The ACCC may have the Chemist Warehouse deal in its sights but zoom out: pharmacies could be facing an ' Uber ' moment
"We turned up to the first and said we were going to the next one afterwards," the inquiry's chair Stephen KingThe Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says a proposed merger between pharmacy retail giant Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare raises "competition concerns" in the country's pharmacy sector.
All that needs to happen for pharmacies to face their own Uber moment is a change in the rules to allow unlimited discounting. The government could do it now if it wasn't worried about a backlash from existing owners.There would still be a role for pharmacists, but in primary health care, doing some of the work doctors now do.
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