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Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 14
2 Jun 2022In this episode Norman Thurecht talks with Lyndon Dyson, CEO of Wizard Pharmacy, about his views on the opportunities, challenges and changes post Covid. Please click on the link to listen to the podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/pitcher-partners-pharmacy/lyndon-dyson

Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 13
19 May 2022In this episode Norman Thurecht talks with Mario Capanna, CEO of Ventura Health, about his views on the opportunities, challenges and changes post Covid. Please click on the link to listen to the podcast: Post COVID Insights - Mario Capanna - Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Omny.fm
Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 12
4 May 2022Norman Thurecht talks with Kim Brotherson, Managing Director of Pharmacy777, about his views on some of the opportunities, challenges and changes he faced post COVID-19. Click here to listen to the podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/pitcher-partners-pharmacy/post-covid-insights-kim-...

Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 11
27 Apr 2022Norman Thurecht talks with Damian Young, Head of the Wholelife Pharmacy Group, about his views on the opportunities, challenges and changes post COVID-19. Click here to listen to the podcast: https://omny.fm/shows/pitcher-partners-pharmacy/post-covid-insights-dami...
Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 10
21 Apr 2022In this next podcast, Norman Thurecht also talks to Simon Reynolds from Pharmacy Alliance about his experiences after Covid. Please click on the link below: https://omny.fm/shows/pitcher-partners-pharmacy/post-covid-insights-simo...

Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 9
19 Apr 2022In this next podcast, Norman Thurecht also talks to Nick Munro of TerryWhite Chemmart about his experiences after Covid. Please click on the link below: https://omny.fm/shows/pitcher-partners-pharmacy/nick-munroe
Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 8
7 Apr 2022In our next podcast, Norman Thurecht talks to Andrew Vidler about his experiences after Covid. Andrew joined API (Australian Pharmaceutical Industries) in 2019 and is responsible for leading the growth and transformation of the Priceline and Priceline Pharmacy Brand. Please click on the link below...
Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 7
25 Mar 2022Norman Thurecht from Pitcher Partners talks to Steven Kastrinakis, Founder and Director of Pharmacy Platform about his challenges during the post Covid environment. Please click here to listen to the Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/post-covid-insights-steven-kastrinakis/id1502060064?i...
Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 6
24 Mar 2022In our next series we talk to leaders of pharmacy brands about what their view is of pharmacy in a post Covid environment. What the challenges are and what opportunities exist within their brands. In episode 6 of the Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series, Norman Thurecht from...

Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 5
11 Nov 2021Today’s guests provide their unique perspectives on covid lockdowns… plus economic, health and operational issues the Pharmacy industry is currently facing. We also explore the vaccinating opportunities which have reinforced Pharmacy’s value to both Government and the community. In episode 5 of...

Competing in Pharmacy's Financial Olympics
9 Aug 2021Owning a pharmacy is akin to the steeplechase race at the Olympics, it’s a middle-distance running race where the competitors not only run against one another, they are also challenged with jumping over a series of hurdles (some landing in water) along the way. This started me pondering Pharmacy’s...

Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 4
9 Mar 2021Lawrie Bray is a successful pharmacist in both branded and independent businesses. He has spent over 30 years as a partner in a branded pharmacy group. More recently, Lawrie has embarked on his independent ownership outside of the group, purchasing a pharmacy in the Western suburbs of Brisbane. In...

To Brand or Not to Brand?
13 Dec 2020Brands are the poster children of the marketing and advertising worlds, a favourite of academics and the subject of countless research theses, publications and textbooks. They are the undisputed heavyweights of business success. In the words of Steve Forbes, Editor in Chief of Forbes Magazine; “...
Pitcher Partners Pharmacy - Making Business Personal Series - Episode 3
11 Oct 2020Karen Carter is a highly successful business woman and the owner of two pharmacies, based in Gunnedah and Narrabri in NSW. Karen always strives for success and excellence. She is a previous winner of Soul Pattinson Pharmacy of the Year and she became a Fellow of the Pharmaceutical Society of...

The Power is with the Customer
14 Jul 2020Pleasingly for the Industry the signing of the 7th Community Pharmacy Agreement (7CPA) provides another five years of relative certainty. The impact of Covid-19 on non-essential retail businesses contrasts with the sound platform that Pharmacy businesses are attached to but it should not be assumed...