A different model for pharmacy distribution

Your dispensing data should work for you.

Every month, your pharmacy creates a detailed picture of product demand. MDL Connect transforms that data into practical purchasing intelligence, matching your pharmacy with relevant products, offers and suppliers through a single connected platform.

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Product insight viewIllustrative example, not live pharmacy data
Oral nutritional supplement
200ml · vanilla
Monthly picture480
Ordered here360
Raise a price challenge
Compact feed
125ml
Monthly picture300
Ordered here300
Covered
Fibre feed
500ml
Monthly picture210
Ordered here90
Shorter-dated option
Blood glucose test strips
pack of 50
Monthly picture140
Ordered here80
Raise a price challenge

Your pharmacy generates this picture every month. MDL Connect brings it into the purchasing view.

Why data changes distribution

Relevant from the moment you log in.

MDL Connect starts with your pharmacy. It uses your dispensing data to identify the products that matter most, then highlights where better pricing, relevant offers or manufacturer opportunities could increase your profitability.

Why search through thousands of products when your data already knows where to start?

Traditional portal

The catalogue comes first. Thousands of products are presented in front of you. It is up to the pharmacy to search, filter and work out what matters.

MDL Connect

Your pharmacy comes first. MDL Connect starts with what you actually dispense. It uses that demand to bring relevant products, pricing and opportunities to the surface, giving you a smarter place to start every time you log in.

From catalogue-first to demand-led purchasing.

Product-level dispensing insight

Your pharmacy in dispensed-level detail

See your demand, product by product.MDL Connect brings your pharmacy's monthly NHS dispensing activity into the purchasing experience. For relevant products listed on the platform, you can see the demand already sitting behind them, helping you understand what you dispense, where the opportunity lies and what deserves your attention. Instead of starting with a generic offer, MDL Connect starts with what is already relevant to your pharmacy.

  1. See what you dispense

    Review your monthly demand at product level.

  2. See what you already order

    Understand how much of that demand is already being purchased through MDL Connect.

  3. See what remains

    Identify relevant demand that may represent a purchasing opportunity.

  4. Decide what to do next

    Review the product, price, offer or supplier before taking action.

Dispensing insights are matched using available NHS dispensing data and your pharmacy's ODS code. Data availability and matching may vary.

Focus on the lines that move the needle

Some savings matter more than others

Start with the products you dispense most.Not every price difference is equally important. A small saving on a regularly dispensed product can matter far more than a bigger saving on something you rarely use. MDL Connect helps you focus on the lines where a better price or better buying opportunity could make a more meaningful difference to your pharmacy.

See the margin

See purchase price alongside reimbursement and an indicative margin for the product.

See the potential

Apply that difference to your dispensing activity to understand the potential value across the month.

Check the stock

Review quantity, availability, expiry and existing orders before committing to more stock.

Take action

Buy, challenge the price or start a conversation with the full commercial context already visible.
Your demand gives you a stronger voice

Manufacturer pricing, tailored to your pharmacy

To the right manufacturer, your pharmacy represents a real opportunity. Your product demand is commercially meaningful, and MDL Connect is developing a more relevant way for participating manufacturers and pharmacies to work together, starting with the products that matter to you.

  1. We see the demand

    MDL Connect identifies the products your pharmacy dispenses at a level that is commercially meaningful.

  2. We take that demand to manufacturers

    We represent that demand to participating manufacturers as a real opportunity.

  3. Manufacturers build their offer

    The manufacturer decides what pricing or support could make the proposition worthwhile.

  4. The opportunity comes to you

    Any relevant offer appears in your purchasing view, alongside the products it relates to.

  5. You simply order as normal

    If it works for your pharmacy, you order through MDL Connect in the usual way.

  6. We keep working in the background

    Ordering response and feedback help shape which conversations come next.

The manufacturer does not gain control of the decision. It gains the opportunity to earn it.

For years, manufacturers and pharmacies have often been separated by layers of distribution. MDL Connect creates a more informed way for them to work together, without asking the pharmacy to organise another route to supply.

Your purchasing choice always stays with you. A manufacturer opportunity is only ever a proposition to review, never an instruction to buy and never a change to what you dispense.

See what your data can do

Your pharmacy has its own demand. Your purchasing platform should see it.

Request a demonstration and see how MDL Connect can bring product-level dispensing insight, purchasing decisions, manufacturer opportunities and fulfilment together around your pharmacy.

See MDL Connect in action. No commitment to change suppliers or open an account.