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BENU, the largest pharmacy brand of the leading European healthcare provider PHOENIX group, is celebrating the opening of the company’s 2,500th pharmacy.

We are truly pleased and proud to congratulate our colleague Anda Jēgere, the assistant pharmacist of pharmacy, with yet another champion title won at the Latvian Athletics Championship in 400-meter relay for women!  

As a leading healthcare provider in Europe, PHOENIX group reliably supplies people with drugs and medical products each and every day. In our sixth sustainability report, we would like to show you how we are meeting our responsibilities.

Tamro Lithuania office and warehouse employees and their children had gathered for few joyful hours in a yard of Kaunas office yesterday. It was a true neighbourhood party!

The PHOENIX group continued its growth over the last quarter. In the first three months of the fiscal year 2018/19 (February to April 2018), total operating performance rose by 5.3 per cent to €8.0 billion.

During 25 years, a chain of nearly 250 pharmacies serving clients in all three Baltic States has been established. SIA “Tamro” celebrates its 25th anniversary as a strong, professional and committed team, which builds a company in steady development process.

In spring, Liepāja’s Central pharmacy, the biggest one in Liepāja district, witnessed huge transformation. It started its way to the new concept with ideas about some minor changes, which later transformed into new arrangement, new attractive design and special innovations, as well as more ideas about development in the future.

The PHOENIX group continued to develop profitably in the first nine months of the fiscal year 2017/18 (February to October 2017). The total operating performance significant for pharmaceutical wholesale rose by 4.7 per cent compared with the same period of the previous year to €23.4 billion. 

Tamro Baltics Healthy Business Brunch is an annual event given each late autumn early winter period to the partners in Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius. This year’s Healthy Business Brunches were focusing on the future and its possibilities.

Employers’ Confederation of Latvia (LDDK) honored the best Latvian employers on Friday, November 10th. We, BENU Aptieka Latvia Ltd also were among the best. We received  the Award for “ Best Internship Provider 2017”.

Mannheim, 10 November 2017 – The PHOENIX group has acquired the Goodwill Apoteka pharmacy chain in Serbia. The retailer operates 138 pharmacies across the country with 540 employees. The complete acquisition of the Goodwill owner Inter Pharma d.o.o. is subject to approval by the Serbian competition authorities.

How are independent pharmacies preparing themselves for the digital future? Around 300 pharmacists discussed this question with experts at the PHOENIX Pharmacy Partnership conference in Berlin on 24th October 2017. This network is the umbrella organization for the PHOENIX group’s 12 existing pharmacy cooperation programs in 15 countries.

The PHOENIX group continued its growth course in the first nine months of fiscal year 2016/17. From February to October 2016, total operating performance, including revenue and handled volume, rose by 5.2 percent to €22.3 billion compared with the same period of the previous year.

Pink October, officially known as Breast Cancer Awareness Month (BCAM), is an annual international health campaign organized by major breast cancer charities every October to increase awareness of the disease and to raise funds for research into its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment and cure. The pinklooding the Old Town of Kaunas with pink runners for the third year in a row.   

New premises are located in a suburb of Riga with only 11 kilometres distance to city centre in industrial and logistics area with fast access to Riga centre and 9 kilometres from E67 road connecting Helsinki and Prague, what is cold as Via Baltica (part between Warsaw and Tallinn).  

In December 2015 TNS Emor conducted a survey among the residents of Estonia, for the compilation of the loyalty index. According to the survey the service companies with the highest index are pharmacies, cinemas and gas stations. "The TOP companies in the chart are BENU, Südameapteek and Ülikooli apteek pharmacy chains, which have reached the same result. They are followed by Neste gas stations and Cinamon cinema in Tartu," - said the TNS Emor expert Katrin Vaisma.

On 25 January the Estonian Academic Society of Pharmacy and BENU pharmacies issued scholarships to future pharmacists. Thus the recognition was expressed to the work dedicated to improving the quality of treatment of cancer patients, as well as to research papers related to regular use of medicines and the role of sales representatives. The purpose of the scholarship is to motivate students to work and reflect on the development of their specialization.   

On Wednesday, 27th of May, the representatives of the Estonian Academical Society of Pharmacy and BENU Apteek Eesti OÜ signed an agreement that will establish a scholarship fund for the research and scientific work in the domain of social pharmacy. The fund will be created with a view to increasing the popularity of the pharmacy specialisation among the young because even today the shortage of qualified pharmacists in Estonia already amounts to 100–150.    

PHOENIX group's subsidiary Tamro turns 120 years. Tamro is Finland's leading pharmaceutical and health product distributor and service provider. The company was set up in 1895 in Tampere by four apothecaries. During its long history, Tamro has touched the lives of Finnish people in many ways.