Welcome & IntroductionsRajiv Shah MRPharmS

Sigma, Director of Business Development

www.sigmaplc.co.uk/sigXchange

Sigma Business Overview

About Us

•Established for over 30 years

•Started from our director’s pharmacy in Watford in 1985

•Sigma Pharmaceuticals plc is still a family-owned business, employing over 400 people

•One of the leading chemist distributors within the UK providing generic, parallel import (PI) & OTC medicines

About Us

•Major player in Generics medicines in the UK

• Wide variety of manufacturers used

•We hold many pharmaceutical licenses and source products from many low cost countries

•We have our own team of SQPs and have approved several factories for MHRA approval in India and the Far East

•Innovated and piloted Almus Brand on behalf of Alliance Boots - complete range now stocked

Sigma Business Overview

Retail conferences

Sigma Business Overview

About Us

•Complete OTC & Surgical range stocked

•Primary choice for transfer orders amongst pharmacies and manufacturers

•Approved Merial and Bayer distributors for veterinary products

•Department of Health authorised holder of ‘pandemic’ stock

•Regular sponsors to C+D, Pharmacy Business and Alliance Healthcare Awards

Sigma Business Overview

About Us

•At Sigma we service:

i. 3800 pharmacy accounts

ii. 600 Dispensing Practices

iii. 1000 national hospitals

iv. ‘Multiple Pharmacies’ serviced including:

• Alliance Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy, Rowlands, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Cohens, Medivet, Waremoss & Day Lewis

v. All three mainline pharmaceuticals wholesalers

Sigma Business Overview

Sigma Business Overview

Logistical Operation

•65,000 sq ft warehousing facility in Watford

•Own transport team of 42 vans

•Serve 150 mile radius of Watford once daily (Nottingham, Birmingham, Cardiff, Norwich) - free delivery with no minimum order value

•Serve home counties and within M25 twice daily - free delivery with no minimum order value

•All other areas served by courier on a next-day service

Sigma Business Overview

Logistical Operation

•Open 24 hours a day

•UK-based telesales department

•Pharmacies are able to order through telesales, phone, fax, email, answerphone, EDI

•Order through PMR systems, including Nexphase, Link and Proscript

•Order through Sigma Direct or Sigma ET software

The OfferingRajiv Shah MRPharmS

Sigma, Director of Business Development

www.sigmaplc.co.uk/sigXchange

sigXchange - The Offering

Ideally as a seller:

•Advertise stock at no expense

•Hassle-free collection of stock at no charge

•Raise invoices, complete with audit trail

Ideally as a buyer:

•Free Access to Database

•Quick Delivery, complete with audit trail

•Purchasing from bona-fide sources

sigXchange - The Offering

The Offering:

•Exclusively available for Sigma customers

•No Registration fees

•No Monthly/Annual Subscription Charges

•No Advertising fees

•No Collection fees

•No Delivery fees

•Utilises our existing logistical network

sigXchange - The Offering

The Offering:

•Free to list and buy stock

•A sales fee is charged on items sold each month

•Fee varies on how much is sold

•“The more you sell the lower the sales fee”

Monthly Sales Sales Fee

Under £250 8%

£250 - £499 7%

£500 - £749 5%

£750 - £999 4%

Over £1000 3.5%

sigXchange - The Offering

The Offering:

•Reducing ‘dead-stock’ & wastage

•Reducing financial loss

•Opening supply routes for wholesalers & manufacturers

•Sigma & Rxchange collaboration

•Another added-value service for our Sigma customers

sigXchange - The Offering

Sigma website:

•www.sigmaplc.co.uk

•Follow us on Twitter @sigmaplcuk

sigXchange website:

•www.sigmaplc.co.uk/sigXchange

Press Page:

•www.sigmaplc.co.uk/sigXchange/press