Bayer announces landmark training and education agreement with pharmacies
Global leader in health care and nutrition Bayer Vietnam recently announced new agreements with two large Vietnamese retail pharmacies, Pharmacity and FPT Long Chau, to enhance the contribution of pharmacists to public healthcare and strengthen the services the companies provide their customers.
Representatives of Bayer and pharmacies at a signing ceremony. The agreements that Bayer signed with pharmacies aim to promote health-care service and meet the health-care service demand of Vietnamese people. (Photo: VNA)
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Global leader in health care and nutrition BayerVietnam recently announced new agreements with two large Vietnamese retailpharmacies, Pharmacity and FPT Long Chau, to enhance the contribution ofpharmacists to public healthcare and strengthen the services the companiesprovide their customers.
Specifically, within the framework of this agreement, Bayer and the twocompanies will cooperate in providing training for the pharmacies’ team ofpharmacists on efficient approaches and consultation skills to improve patientoutcomes and advance consumers’ everyday health.
In addition, Bayer and each company will jointly implement variouscommunity-based education programmes on disease awareness and treatment as wellas promote self-care practices through both digital and in-store platformsacross pharmacies’ nationwide branch network.
A wide range of topics will be covered in these programmes, including properuse of daily health solutions in the areas of dermatology, nutritionalsupplements, digestive health and allergy care; prevention and treatment ofchronic diseases; taking better care of women’s health, from moderncontraception methods and treatment options for a range of gynecologicalindications to nutrition for pre-conception and pregnancy.
Important areas of cooperation among the parties also include their jointeffort to ensure stable and quality supply of innovative medicines and dailyhealthcare solutions across distribution system of drugstore chains to satisfythe pharmaceutical and healthcare needs of the Vietnamese people.
Ingo Brandenburg, managing director of Bayer Vietnam, shared: “At Bayer, we areworking towards the future of “Health for All, Hunger for None”. To realisethis ambitious vision, we foster and value collaboration with like-mindedpartners who share our same goal and mission of enhancing quality and wideningaccess to healthcare for everyone. The partnership with Vietnam’s renownedpharmacy retail chains will definitely enable all of us to extend our reach andimpact in advancing personal and patient health, reinforcing our corporatestrategy of patient-and-consumer-centricity.”
As a global leader in health care and nutrition, Bayer is committed todelivering science for a better life through a comprehensive approach fromwell-care to sick-care, including cardiology, oncology, hematology,ophthalmology and women’s health. The company welcomes different forms ofcollaboration to deliver better solutions and benefit its patients andcustomers, with the focus on empowering women and addressing their individualhealth-related needs, from questions regarding their menstrual cycle, hormonalacne, birth control, pregnancy nutrition and menopause to problems with painfulmenstruation and endometriosis.
In the areas of dermatology, nutritional supplements and digestion, Bayer hasbeen teaming up with various partners to provide helpful information andlearning tools to support appropriate self-care, empowering the transformationof everyday health for customers./.
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