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Drugs, Big Business and Community Service: Kicking the Chemists in the Margins
Competition and the small chemist
The OFT argued that ending the RPM would mean more competition which would lead to better prices for consumers and better products being introduced to the market.
On the issue of small pharmacies, the Consumers' Association said that industry claims that 3000 would go to the wall, was probably an exaggeration, but many local chemists businesses were non-viable anyway.
Looking to the future, the OFT said that the traditional chemists would have to concentrate on their own strengths such as the delivery of high standards of service. In this way there would be added benefits to the consumer.
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