Twice-daily deliveries at risk if others follow Pfizer arrangements

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Twice-daily deliveries to pharmacies would be threatened if other manufacturers follow Pfizer's lead in changing supply arrangements,MP Sandra Gidley (Lib Dem,Romsey) warned this week.Speaking to the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee's community pharmacy conference in Birmingham,Mrs Gidley raised the issue of Pfizer's recent decision to use UniChem as its sole distributor from March 2007 (PJ,1 October,p413)."If Pfizer's action is repeated by other manufacturers it could mean the end of pharmacy delivery as we know it," she said.