Helping patients to find affordable medicine easily

The Iraq RIL has been engaged with PHARX by supporting them both technically and financially. In Iraq, there are challenges with the readability of doctors’ prescriptions, limited guidance on the use of medicine, and lack of transparency on prices at pharmacies. In response, a local innovator developed PHARX, a mobile application that provides information to patients about the availability and prices of medications in certified pharmacies around them, enabling patients to decide where to buy the products at the best price. The patient takes a picture of their prescriptions and sends the request to the mobile application. Within minutes, PHARX partner pharmacies that have the medication in stock can respond with the price and details. The patient is then able to choose the best offer. To date, Pharx has reached 170 pharmacies registered in the app, which is 4x its initial target!
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