“Organization of Pharmacy-Health Up” sets a 3-year goal to upgrade drug stores in its network to 1,000 branches.
Planning the future to expand the business by jointly producing medicinal herbs and health products distributed to people throughout the country.
Dr. Parichat Klaewplodduk, expert 10, Government Pharmaceutical Organization
Government Pharmaceutical Organization - Health Up moves forward with cooperation “Develop a prototype model for a pharmacy business network” Proactively organizing activities to exchange knowledge on drugstore chain store management, aiming for 3 years to select and upgrade 1,000 prototype drugstores to join the project, hoping to accelerate the introduction of pharmaceutical and health products Provincial Administrative Organization distributes it to people all over the country at a reasonable price. Through wholesale stores in the Healthup network which has a customer base of more than 6,000 drug stores and is ready to plan the future to jointly develop other groups of herbal products related to medicine and health
Dr. Parichat is free from suffering. 10 experts from the Government Pharmaceutical Organization (GPO) revealed the progress of their cooperation with Health Up Company Limited (Health Up) to develop a pharmacy business network prototype model (Health Network Prototype Model) that “After the MOU was signed on July 12, 2566, the PAO and Health Up have moved forward to organize a seminar to exchange knowledge on the management of Chain Stores and drug stores, including organizing Workshops have been held together in the past 2 months to transfer knowledge a total of 4 times, which is considered part of the said cooperation.
Workshop-style knowledge transfer format Helps brainstorm and see clearly. in the management strategy of drug and medical supply retail stores Both location analysis and analyze product stock Including employees in drug stores about how they should have a mindset. And the important thing is Flow design Customer service or Customer Journey, what services should be provided in order to achieve maximum satisfaction? Marketing We did all these promotions in the work shop and it was considered a success.” Dr. Parichart said.
Dr. Parichart also said that “The Government Pharmaceutical Organization It is a state enterprise agency that carries out policy operations of the Ministry of Public Health. for the country's drug security Therefore, the businesses we operate include government, private and international sectors. In this project, we focus on the private sector network. The aim is to get the medicines we produce into the hands of as many local people as possible. So that people have access to medicine at a reasonable price.”
In addition to being a manufacturer Government Pharmaceutical Organization It must also be an important cog in driving the distribution of medicines from the center to various downstream areas. Whether it is an area in the province, district, sub-district, so that people can access Therefore, this is the origin of this project. And we also have strong partners: Health Up which is an experienced company There is a network of chain drug stores and a strong affiliated wholesale company, DN CENTER, which has a large distribution center. Currently, there are more than 6,000 drugstore bases nationwide. This answers the question of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization that is looking for a partner network that will help drive the distribution of medicines of the Government Pharmaceutical Organization. To reach the hands of the people
Dr. Parichart also said that “After the knowledge transfer activity It will enter the mode of selecting medicines and health products to be distributed to network drug stores by analyzing needs in each dimension, such as location base, problem base, and which items meet the Ministry of Public Health's policy. In order for the public to have access to drugs on a large scale, the PAO and Health Up will work in parallel with the selection of drug stores that wish to participate in the project. To be a model drugstore for the health network project, there will be clear criteria for what qualifications must be met.”
For such collaborative projects It has a period of 3 years with a goal consisting of 3 parts. The first part is the transfer of knowledge. Between personnel, which is the work shop, has been done together. The second part will be about the distribution of products. DOH to the DN Center network to distribute to drug stores. The third part will be about joint product development in the future that may be expanded to produce herbs in other groups. related to medicine or health for To create new innovations that can be produced within the country, which is an important factor in creating drug security as well The shops participating in the project will Provide a display corner Pharmaceutical products of GPO (GPO) with standard color schemes and decorations. Every store must have a sign of the project. “Health Network drug store network sells Government Pharmaceutical Organization products” to show that this store joins the Government Pharmaceutical Organization network.
side Dr. Wanaspon Plengsuree, Managing Director of Health Up Company Limited. said “The company has been in the drugstore business for 35 years and until now has more than 80 branches nationwide. And the affiliated wholesale company, DN CENTER, has a network of more than 6,000 drug stores through a lot of learning and experience. This cooperation is to exchange knowledge between each other. Currently, the Government Pharmaceutical Organization has more than 300 drug products, but only 20-30 are available in drug stores. which the company I see that there is still a way to help distribute drugs from the Government Pharmaceutical Organization. There are many more ways to enter the retail system through pharmacies.”
However, if drug store operators are interested You can register your intention via the following channels: Line: @healthnetwork. For inquiries, call 081-590-4234 or e-mail: info@health-network.net.
