via smh.com.au
HUNDREDS of pharmacists have come out against exclusive delivery arrangements imposed by Pfizer, Australia's biggest prescribed drug supplier, declaring that patients are missing out on urgently needed medicines.
Patients suffering heart disease, mental illness and other conditions requiring immediate medication are, in some cases, having to wait days for the right drugs because of Pfizer's less regular deliveries, pharmacists have told the Herald.
A pharmacist of Wisemans Ferry, Anthony Ai Nguyen, said one of his patients ended up back in hospital because he had been unable to get a Pfizer treatment in time to fight an infection.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/pfizers-lack-of-deliveries-leave-patients-wait...
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