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Pharmacists – Valuable allies supporting men’s health

An annual event, International Men’s Health Week (9 – 15 June) is held globally to highlight the importance of men’s health and encourages communities to promote and support the health and

10 Jun, 2025Community Pharmacy

Celebrating Working Mums on Mother’s Day

In celebration of Mother’s Day, Sigma Healthcare is pleased to share reflections from mothers across our network on what it means to be a working Mum, how they find work/life balance, and what

11 May, 2025Community & Social

Sigma supports Love Your Sister achieve a milestone $20M to vanquish cancer

Since its inception in 2012, Love Your Sister (LYS) charity has raised a record $20M for medical research in its efforts to combat cancer. Co-founded by Gold Logie-winning actor and Victorian

08 May, 2025Community & Social

Chemist Warehouse launches a new instore payment option for customers

As co-founder of pharmacy giant Chemist Warehouse, Jack Gance’s business philosophy has been to prioritise customers’ wants by challenging the status quo. This includes looking at future

01 May, 2025Announcements

Chemist Warehouse awarded Pharmacy of the Year in 2024 Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards

Chemist Warehouse has been awarded the top honour of Chemist/Pharmacy of the Year in the prestigious 2024 Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Awards. This is the fourth time the powerhouse pharmacy

29 Apr, 2025Media Releases

New Foxtel Original Health and Wellness Series in partnership with Amcal: GEN WELL

GEN WELL TO SHOW PRIME TIME TV AUDIENCE THE CRITICAL ROLE PHARMACISTS PLAY IN MANAGING GENERATIONAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS Amcal and its pharmacists will play a starring role in a new Foxtel Original

16 Apr, 2025Media Releases

Communication the key to Pharmacist Adam Lyn’s success

For Amcal+ Mordialloc pharmacist Adam Lyn, there are two key traits he believes are the most important to being a successful pharmacist: being a good listener and a good communicator. “These two

03 Apr, 2025Brands, Community Pharmacy

New PharmacyiQ Learning platform launched

Our new PharmacyiQ Learning portal, an innovative online pharmacy training platform, is now live! Designed to elevate our pharmacy teams’ knowledge and bring even greater value to their local

01 Apr, 2025Announcements

Chadstone My Chemist First of More than 20 Stores to Transform to Amcal Plus

Today marks a new chapter for Sigma Healthcare (Sigma) as the Chadstone My Chemist store officially transitions to an Amcal Plus pharmacy, opening its doors to customers on Thursday, 27 March 2025.

27 Mar, 2025Media Releases

Sigma Healthcare showcases its strong post-merger future at APP

Sigma Healthcare CEO and Managing Director Vikesh Ramsunder today said he was delighted to attend the Australian Pharmacy Professional Conference and Trade Exhibition (APP) in Queensland to offer a

21 Mar, 2025Media Releases

Sigma Healthcare delivers strong financial performance for FY25

Today Sigma Healthcare Limited (Sigma) announced our financial performance for the full year ended 31 January 2025 (FY25) – our final full year results as a stand-alone business prior to the

20 Mar, 2025Announcements

IWD 2025 – ‘Accelerate Action’

On International Women’s Day (IWD) 2025, we celebrate all women in our workplace and our lives. We celebrate women’s achievements, contributions, dedication, resilience and the diverse

08 Mar, 2025Community & Social

Monumental day as Sigma Healthcare merges with Chemist Warehouse

We are delighted to announce that Sigma Healthcare has merged with the Chemist Warehouse Group (CW) and have new shares trading on the ASX today. This merger is truly transformational creating a

13 Feb, 2025Announcements

Celebrating International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD)

At Sigma, we are proud to support a diverse workforce and inclusive workplace that embraces individual differences and diversity of thought, reflects the communities in which we live and operate, and

03 Dec, 2024Community & Social

Exciting new era begins for Amcal. For You. For Life.

Amcal pharmacy today announced details of its new brand campaign, which includes a focus on supporting women’s health and a new charity partner supporting families suffering domestic or family

15 Oct, 2024Brands, Community Pharmacy

Tamworth Discount Drug Store Pharmacist Lia makes her mark with the Noel Park Award

Tamworth Discount Drug Store pharmacist and business owner, Lia Mahony was recently awarded the coveted Noel Park Award, for her contribution to the growth of her local area. Lia’s dedication to

08 Oct, 2024Community Pharmacy

Spotlight on our DDS Pharmacist of the Year – Andrew McGrath

At the recent Sigma Pharmacist Summit, Andrew McGrath was honoured with the prestigious title of Discount Drug Stores Pharmacist of the Year 2024 and Discount Drug Stores Pharmacist of the Year –

17 Sep, 2024Brands, Community Pharmacy

Spotlight on our Amcal Pharmacist of the Year – Rowan Lowe

Congratulations to our Amcal Pharmacist of the Year, Rowan Lowe of Amcal Donnybrook Pharmacy who also won the Pharmacist of the Year – Leadership award at the recent Sigma Pharmacist Summit!

16 Sep, 2024Brands, Community Pharmacy

Amcal wins Canstar Blue’s Most Satisfied Customers Award for 2024

Amcal has been awarded Canstar Blue’s Most Satisfied Customers Award for 2024! Amcal secured the highest rankings against other leading Australian pharmacy brands in Overall Satisfaction, Checkout

25 Jul, 2024Brands

Sigma Pharmacist Summit 2024 a success!

The recent Sigma Pharmacist Summit in Hobart underscored a significant shift in the pharmacy sector towards providing more professional services, demanding considerable investment from all

23 Jul, 2024Community Pharmacy

Advancing Sigma’s sustainability efforts

As we look to advance our sustainability efforts over the coming years, Sigma Healthcare is focused on delivering meaningful change across our entire supply chain. We recently released our

26 Jun, 2024ESG

Exceptional Tasmanian Amcal Pharmacist Recognised

Celebrating over 50 years of contributing to pharmacy and community wellbeing Tasmanian pharmacist, Ian Huett, was recently awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Tasmanian Pharmacist of

25 Jun, 2024Brands

Sigma delivers improved performance

Sigma Healthcare has made significant progress in delivering on our strategic objectives following the foundational work undertaken over the last few years. Our strong progress goes towards

03 May, 2024Announcements

Nurturing talent through Sigma’s Early Career Program

Sigma Healthcare remains committed to nurturing talent and fostering excellence as we recognise and celebrate our first cohort of Early Career participants. Over the past few months, our participants

19 Apr, 2024Community & Social

Giving back to the community

Sigma Healthcare has made a substantial donation to charity Foodbank from our Melbourne distribution centre in Truganina, thanks to the generosity of our suppliers. The donation was comprised of more

18 Mar, 2024Media Releases

IWD 2024 – Inspire Inclusion

At Sigma, we support and champion women’s voices thereby fostering an environment of inclusion, relevance, and empowerment. The 2024 theme, #InspireInclusion, aims to motivate others to

08 Mar, 2024Community & Social

Amcal’s Margaret Ruhnau wins 2024 NSW PSA Excellence Award

Amcal Pharmacist Margaret Ruhnau has had a very busy week after being awarded the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia (PSA) NSW Pharmacist of the Year for 2024. Apart from the dozens of text messages

21 Feb, 2024Announcements, Brands, Community Pharmacy

Sigma’s 2023 Supplier Forum – a success!

On Tuesday 3 October, Sigma Healthcare welcomed more than 200 supplier delegates to the 2023 Sigma Supplier Forum, held at the Glasshouse in Melbourne. An annual event, this year’s forum was

03 Oct, 2023Events

Congratulations to our graduates of the inaugural Sigma Emerging Leaders Program!

Sigma Healthcare launched our new Emerging Leaders Program, a program shaped around Sigma’s values, in March this year. Investing in our people to support the development of their leadership

29 Sep, 2023Uncategorized

Sigma’s innovative Pharmacy Assistant Summit Series

Over the past six months, Sigma has been hosting an innovative training program for Pharmacy Assistants from our Amcal, Discount Drug Stores (DDS), Guardian and PharmaSave stores. This series is a

07 Sep, 2023Community Pharmacy

Vale Mr Brian Jamieson, former Sigma Chairman

It is with great sadness that Sigma Healthcare advises of the passing of our former Chairman, Mr Brian Jamieson, after a long battle with cancer. Mr Jamieson joined the Sigma Board in May 2003 as a

08 Aug, 2023Announcements

Sigma is proud to partner with Love Your Sister

Sigma Healthcare is proud to announce a partnership with Love Your Sister Foundation, a charity supporting precision medicine for all cancer patients. ‘ Love Your Sister is a million strong

31 Jul, 2023Community & Social, Uncategorized

DDS wins high customer satisfaction Canstar Blue rating

Discount Drug Stores (DDS), Sigma Healthcare’s value discount pharmacy brand, has received an extremely high customer satisfaction rating from Canstar Blue, one of Australia’s most respected

28 Jul, 2023Brands, Community Pharmacy

Sigma wins Chemist Warehouse Supply Contract

Sigma Healthcare Limited (Sigma) is pleased to announce it has signed a binding term sheet with Chemist Warehouse for the supply of both Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) medicines and Fast Moving

06 Jun, 2023Announcements

A Message from our Head of Franchise Brands

We urgently need the Albanese Labour Government to STOP and LISTEN and then take positive steps to address the detrimental impacts from the 60-day Dispense proposal. Australian community pharmacies

02 May, 2023Community Pharmacy, Industry News

Sigma Healthcare pursues growth

Sigma Healthcare has significantly improved our operational performance over the last 12 months, returned to profit and are confident in our ability to win back the trust and confidence of customers.

21 Apr, 2023Announcements, Brands

IWD 2023 – Embracing Equity

International Women’s Day – #EmbraceEquity We actively support women and celebrate their achievements, individual differences and recognise the need to embrace equity. The 2023 theme

08 Mar, 2023Community & Social, Uncategorized

New state-of-the-art Sigma distribution centre opens in Tasmania

We’re proud to announce the opening of our new, purpose-built, state-of-the-art distribution centre in Bridgewater, Tasmania. The 4,000 square metre facility in Hobart’s northern suburbs was

08 Nov, 2022Announcements

First Guardian pharmacy makes the successful switch to Amcal

Sigma Healthcare is excited to welcome Corrimal Court Pharmacy to the Amcal brand, after becoming the first Guardian pharmacy to successfully transition over to Amcal. The switch will be the first of

04 Nov, 2022Community Pharmacy

ASX Release – Half Year Results Briefing 26 September 2022

Sigma Healthcare extends our deepest sympathies to the Royal Family following the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Her Majesty The Queen will be remembered for her kindness, dignity, grace,

13 Sep, 2022Announcements

MPS MediSphere wins Silver at Melbourne Design Awards 2022!

We’re excited to share that our team at MPS have won silver at the Melbourne Design Awards 2022 for the cloud-based electronic medication management (EMM) software, MPS MediSphere. Designed

01 Aug, 2022Announcements, MPS

ASX Release

It is with great sadness that Sigma Healthcare Limited (Sigma) advises of the sudden passing of our Chairman, Mr Ray Gunston. Mr Gunston joined the Sigma Board in July 2010, was previously Chair of

06 Jul, 2022Announcements, Media Releases

Amcal wins Best Pharmacy Brand in this year’s Finder Awards!

We’re thrilled to announce Amcal has been rated the Best Pharmacy Brand in this year’s Finder Awards! The Finder Retail Awards recognise favourite brands to guide millions world-wide in

01 Jul, 2022Uncategorized

Sigma Healthcare office relocation

Sigma Healthcare is excited to announce the relocation of its Business Support Centre to the new M-City development in Clayton. We are excited to announce Sigma Healthcare is relocating our offices

24 Jun, 2022Announcements

DDS Wins!

Discount Drug Stores wins the 2021 Roy Morgan Customer Satisfaction Award for Chemist/Pharmacy of the Year We are proud to announce that Discount Drug Stores have been awarded the 2021 Roy Morgan

16 Jun, 2022Announcements, Brands, Industry News

Sigma commits to sustainability through Biomass Offsets

Adding Biomass offsets to lift sustainability Sigma Healthcare is encouraging other Australian companies to add Biomass offsets to their sustainability programs. “Since joining the PrintReleaf

13 May, 2022Announcements

MPS Connect partners with PainChek® to deliver effective pain management

Improving pain management with PainChek® and MPS Connect MPS Connect has partnered with PainChek® to improve pain management for people living in aged care and those receiving care at home.

24 Mar, 2022Events, Media Releases

IWD 2022 – Celebrating Diversity, Inclusion and Gender Equality

International Women’s Day – #BreaktheBias Around the world on March 8, we celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women as part of International Women’s

08 Mar, 2022Community & Social

Protect your Employees against the Flu

Creating a Healthier Australian Workforce One Flu Shot at a Time Sigma Healthcare plays a pivotal role in the Australian landscape as the preferred partner for connecting health solutions. We’re

08 Feb, 2022Community Pharmacy

Improving Medical Rounds for Aged Care Staff

MPS Connect Launches new Electronic Medication Management (EMM) Software, MediSphere, to Aged Care MPS Connect has launched its new Electronic Medication Management (EMM) software, MediSphere, to

20 Jan, 2022Announcements, Media Releases

Sigma is helping to Close the Gap for Australia’s Indigenous People

We are pleased to announce that Sigma Healthcare has become a member of Supply Nation. Since 2009, Supply Nation, a member based organisation, has worked with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander

02 Dec, 2021Announcements

Sigma Healthcare Managing Director and CEO Appointment

Today we are pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Vikesh Ramsunder to the position of CEO and Managing Director. Vikesh is currently Group CEO of the Clicks Group in South Africa, a role that he

24 Sep, 2021Announcements, Media Releases

MPS Partners with Uniting

Supporting Vulnerable families impacted by COVID-19 Sigma Healthcare’s MPS business was delighted to partner with Uniting recently to help provide support for vulnerable families in South West

09 Aug, 2021Brands, Community & Social, Uncategorized

David Bayes retires from Sigma’s Board

Acknowledging David Bayes’ achievements and contributions to Sigma over the past 14 years David Bayes has retired after more than a decade as a member of Sigma’s Board. Since joining the Board in

06 Jul, 2021Announcements

Sigma Announces National Partnership with Heart180

Sigma announces its partnership with national defibrillator company and lifesaving program Heart180, providing an opportunity for their national pharmacy network to participate in this initiative.

21 Apr, 2021Media Releases

DDS Announces Sponsorship of 12th Assistance Dog

Discount Drug Stores bolsters commitment with Assistance Dogs Australia for another year. Discount Drug Stores has continued its long-term partnership with Assistance Dogs Australia, announcing the

11 Mar, 2021Announcements, Brands

5 minutes with… Ljiljana Cosic on women in pharmacy

A member of Sigma Healthcare’s Amcal and Guardian National Council, Ljiljana Cosic – known as Lili – looks back on her years in pharmacy. How did you start your career in pharmacy? I began by

29 Jan, 2021Community Pharmacy

Sigma Supplier Analytics Portal – launching 1 February 2021

Our Sigma Wholesale Supplier Engagement Team has been working on an innovative portal that delivers enhanced reporting and visibility to our suppliers. For some time, we’ve offered a

04 Jan, 2021Industry News

A day in the life of a Sigma Business Development Manager

Every day, all over Australia, Sigma Healthcare Business Development Managers are visiting and communicating with our pharmacy customers and helping them grow their businesses. At Sigma, we see our

24 Nov, 2020Uncategorized

Sigma Connect – the smart way to order for your pharmacy

Sigma Connect is leading the way in providing pharmacies with simplified, user-friendly, secure ordering as well as the opportunity to take advantage of special deals and win prizes. Since its launch

09 Nov, 2020Industry News

Angela Boyatzis – Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s WA Pharmacist of the Year

Congratulations to our very own Amcal Pharmacist, Angela Boyatzis, who received the prestigious Pharmaceutical Society of Australia’s WA Pharmacist of the Year award. A testament to Angela’s

08 Oct, 2020Brands, Industry News

Sigma Connect – Australia’s Leading Pharmacy Portal

Sigma Connect offers considerable benefits to Sigma customers through simplified, user-friendly, secure ordering as well as substantial advantages for our suppliers. We are proud that Sigma Connect

06 Oct, 2020Industry News

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