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The Chemist Warehouse deal is a sideshow: pharmacies are ripe for bigger disruption

  • Written by: Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

There’s something curious about the proposed merger between Chemist Warehouse and Sigma Healthcare.

Chemist Warehouse has about 550 retail pharmacies. Sigma has another 400.

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