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United Drug Webinar Series 2023 with Larry Ryan, B&A and Oonagh O'Hagan, Meaghers Pharmacy Group
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United Drug Webinar Series returns for 2023

United Drug were excited to welcome customers back to their first webinar of 2023, following receipt of their award for best Patient Education Programme – Pharmaceutical, in December. In January, they were ...

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Irish Healthcare Award Winners 2022
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Irish Healthcare Award Winners 2022

We were ecstatic to have won the 𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙀𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧 — 𝙋𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 award at the Irish Healthcare Awards for our United Drug, Pharmacy Webinar Series. United Drug are extremely proud of...

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Pharma Industry Awards COVID-19 Crisis Response Category Winners
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Pharma Industry Awards COVID-19 Crisis Response Category Winners

United Drug were delighted to have taken home the award for the COVID-19 Crisis Response category at the Pharma Industry Awards. 

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PHOENIX group completes acquisition of McKesson companies in Ireland
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PHOENIX group completes acquisition of McKesson companies in Ireland

The PHOENIX group has completed the acquisition of parts of McKesson Europe, following the clearance by competition authorities of the full scope of the transaction. The transaction has now completed. In lin...

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McKesson Ireland proud to announce ISPCC as their new Charity Partner
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McKesson Ireland proud to announce ISPCC as their new Charity Partner

McKesson Ireland has today announced a new charity partnership with ISPCC to help support the children’s charity with the provision of Childline services for children and young people.   Listening to, empowe...

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McKesson Ireland raise 50k for their official Charity Partner, Aware.
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McKesson Ireland raise 50k for their official Charity Partner, Aware.

Following a two-year partnership with Aware as their official Charity Partner, McKesson Ireland have expressed a massive thank you for all the fundraising efforts from their employees across the four businesses of United Drug, Lloyds Pharmacy, TCP Homecare and Median Healthcare. 

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Don’t be afraid to ask… 'Could this be Sepsis?'
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Don’t be afraid to ask… 'Could this be Sepsis?'

Sepsis can affect anybody, at any age; but it is more likely to occur in older people or very young children because their immune systems are weaker. The HSE defines Sepsis as a serious complication of an in...

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Insights on Menopause Product Growth
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Insights on Menopause Product Growth

Menopause Supplements Category The Menopause category has experienced huge growth in the last two years with a striking increase in public awareness. With the unfortunate shortage of HRT medicines, Menopause...

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Making the switch to smart and sustainable business cards.
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Making the switch to smart and sustainable business cards.

As of July, we are delighted to announce that we have made the switch from printing business cards to using the new Lunar Smart Card. Using NFC Technology, our new smart card can trigger our business details and contact information when tapped against a smartphone.

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Insights for a Sun Smart Summer
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Insights for a Sun Smart Summer

The United Drug Insights team saw Sunscreen sales double from 2020 to 2021. These sales grew across all sunscreen subcategories from 2020 to 2021, with the biggest increase in adult sunscreen. Adult sunscree...

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Wally’s Warriors Run Miles for Money in aid of Music Therapy at the NCH, Crumlin
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Wally’s Warriors Run Miles for Money in aid of Music Therapy at the NCH, Crumlin

This June a group of 12 friends AKA Wally’s Warriors, are taking on the ultimate Irish relay running non-stop the length of Ireland! The course runs from Malin Head, Donegal to Mizen Head, Cork that’s some 5...

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Substance Misuse: An Understanding of the Community Pharmacist's Role 
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Substance Misuse: An Understanding of the Community Pharmacist's Role 

We were delighted to host our second Webinar of 2022, on the topic of substance misuse in the community and the role pharmacists can play in spotting the signs and offering support to their patients.   Denis...

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