Pharmax Procurement Platform

Blueberry built a web platform for pharmaceutical buying group, Pharmax, that offers products to independent pharmacies in an efficient manner through partnerships with Ireland’s key manufacturers, suppliers and supply-chain experts.

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3 managers, 2 developers, 1 tester

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AngularJS, KendoUI, C#, Web Services, Amazon Cloud, MS SQL Web Ed., BBWT, Flutter, Elder.js, Svelte

The Requirements

Pharmax is a buying group that has access to over 10,000 brokered medicinal products, including branded medicinal products, generics, OTC’s and ULM’s.

Pharmax is a buying group that has access to over 10,000 brokered medicinal products, including branded medicinal products, generics, OTC’s and ULM’s. In addition, it maintains continuity of supply with recommended alternates for any out-of-stock medicines. Pharmax wanted to develop a secure web portal for pharmacists and wholesalers that could be used to review both the orders placed and any discounts on the products being bought. In addition to online ordering, the portal also needed to provide the ability for pharmacies to generate reports on their order history and any savings they’d made over the month.

Blueberry was also asked to develop an application programming interface (API) that could receive and process pharmaceutical orders sent by existing pharmacy dispensing software, and then automatically send the processed orders to Wholesaler APIs based on the best discounts for the products being ordered.

Our Solution

Blueberry used AngularJS, KendoUI, C#, Web Services, Amazon Cloud, and MS SQL Web Ed. technologies to successfully complete the project within the time frame required. The deliverables included: 

  • An API to receive and process pharmaceutical orders sent by pharmacy dispensing software. Automatically sending processed orders to Wholesaler APIs based on the best discounts for the products being ordered.
  • A secure web portal for pharmacists and wholesalers that can review both the orders 
    and discounts of the products, while also providing the ability for pharmacies to order directly though the web portal and to generate reports on their order history and savings over the month.

The Results

Blueberry  implemented a secure and robust platform that has enabled pharmacies to get the best discounts possible within one year of the project going live.

In 2017, Pharmaceutical wholesaler, United Drug, announced a €40 
million investment in technology and innovation at its headquarters 
in Dublin. Part of this investment included buying Pharmax during the project development phase with Blueberry.

United Drug works with more than 1,800 pharmacies, hospitals, 
clinics and primary care centres across Ireland, and employs more than 650 staff across its four facilities in Citywest, Swords, Ballina and Limerick.

Blueberry continues to provide development and support for Pharmax following the buy-out by United Drug in readiness for the next chapter 
in the company’s growth.

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