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Welcome & Introductions Rajiv Shah MRPharmS Sigma, Director of Business Development

Welcome & Introductions Rajiv 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

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Welcome & Introductions Rajiv Shah MRPharmS Sigma, Director of Business Development

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  1. Welcome & Introductions Rajiv Shah MRPharmS Sigma, Director of Business Development www.sigmaplc.co.uk/sigXchange

  2. 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

  3. Sigma Business Overview 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

  4. Sigma Business Overview Retail conferences

  5. 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

  6. Sigma Business Overview About Us • At Sigma we service: • 3800 pharmacy accounts • 600 Dispensing Practices • 1000 national hospitals • ‘Multiple Pharmacies’ serviced including: • Alliance Boots, Lloyds Pharmacy, Rowlands, Sainsbury’s, Co-op, Cohens, Medivet, Waremoss & Day Lewis • All three mainline pharmaceuticals wholesalers

  7. 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

  8. 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

  9. The Offering Rajiv Shah MRPharmS Sigma, Director of Business Development www.sigmaplc.co.uk/sigXchange

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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”

  13. 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

  14. 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

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