HDA Business Day – 5th June 2025

The HDA’s 2025 Business Day was held at the Royal College of Physicians in Edinburgh, Scotland on 5th June and featured a programme of high-profile speakers:

  • Professor Alison Strath, Chief Pharmaceutical Officer, The Scottish Government
  • Matt Barclay, CEO, Community Pharmacy Scotland
  • Kane Edgeworth, Director, Biomap
  • Andrew Moncrieff, Entreprise Account Executive, Bizzmine
  • Michal Ayres, Managing Director, Flexible Power Systems
  • Charles Joynson, Managing Director, WaveData
  • Mike Dent, Director of Pharmacy Funding, Community Pharmacy England
  • Simon H, Lead Consultant for Construction, Manufacturing and Pharma at the National Cyber Security Centre
  • Martin Sawer, Executive Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
  • John Preston, Regulatory & Development Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
  • Jeremy Main, Independent Chair, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)

The 2025 Business Day digital newsletter can be accessed here. 

The HDA’s 2025 Annual Conference was held at the 116 Pall Mall in London on 23rd January and featured a programme of high-profile speakers:

  • Karin Smyth MP, Minister of State for Health and Secondary Care
  • Simon Tottman, Vice President & Chris Pillsbury, Senior Director, Market Intelligence UK, (IQVIA)
  • Gila Sacks, Medicines Director (DHSC)
  • David Wells, Chief Executive (Logistics UK)
  • James Pound, Interim Executive Director Innovation and Compliance (MHRA)
  • Gerard Greene, Chief Executive (CPNI)
  • Caroline Wheeler, Political Editor (The Sunday Times)
  • Kasper Ernest, Director General (GIRP)
  • Sally Edgington, Bob Childe & Chris Taylor (AXREM)
  • Jeremy Main, Independent Chair, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)
  • Martin Sawer, Executive Director, Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA)

The 2025 digital newsletter can be accessed here.

The Healthcare Distribution Association (HDA) was launched at a Parliamentary reception hosted by the Rt Hon Sir Kevin Barron MP, chair of the All Party Pharmacy Group, following the rebranding of the British Association of Pharmaceutical Wholesalers (BAPW) to better reflect the evolving healthcare supply chain.

The event was attended by pharmaceutical industry, NHS, doctors and pharmacy representatives, as well as regulators and government officials.

From Factory to Pharmacy

As part of our mission to build awareness, understanding and appreciation of the vital importance of the healthcare distribution sector, we developed an infographic explaining the availability of medicines. It identifies the factors that can impact drug supply, as well as the measures that HDA members undertake day in, day out to help mitigate the risks of patients not receiving their medicines.

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