Pharmacy
The Pharmacy Division is part of the history, present and future of Callegari S.p.A.
The concept of diagnostic testing services in the pharmacy was developed and introduced into the Italian pharmacy by Callegari S.p.A as far back as the 1980’s, later to spread to the rest of Europe, from the introduction of the first glucose meters to revolutionary yet easy to use point of care systems capable of delivering operators a wide panel of general chemistry tests.
Today over 7,000 pharmacies employ Callegari diagnostic products in Italy alone. The range of products offered now span from general chemistry testing to skin, wellness, free radicals and antioxidant capacity screening and monitoring, the latter four being the main focus for the future given the increasing expansion of the cosmetic and antioxidant markets world-wide.
Callegari distributes it’s products directly in Italy via it’s own sales network effectively covering the whole of Italy including Islands. A high emphasis is placed on establishing and maintaining close partnerships with our pharmacy customers via this network and in this way Callegari actively seeks out opportunities to improve it’s understanding of customer requirements, anticipating market trends, to make life easier for operators, and to achieve excellence in all areas of activity.
Offering professional diagnostic services means providing pharmacists with customer orientated solutions which offer a way of distinguishing them from others, keeping customers ahead of trends via new services.
Diagnostic services in pharmacies create a number of opportunities for the pharmacy including::
- increases the professional aspect of the pharmacy and pharmacist
- improves competitiveness
- Helps distinguish operators from others
- Increases customer loyalty
All products produced by Callegari are certified for “self testing use” in accordance with the Directive 98/79/EC (IVD directive). Currently the Callegari point of care systems are the only fully certified products for self-testing for complete lipid profiles (including HDL), glucose, haemoglobin, oxidative stress and Anti-oxidant capacity on the market.