ACCOUNTANCY firm Ferrier
Hodgson has warned that the
potential deregulation of pharmacy
ownership is likely to see a rethink
of bank lending policies to the
pharmacy sector.
Ferrier Hodgson pharmacy
specialist Luci Palaghia says bank
exposure to pharmacy amounts
to some $3 billion, with current
policies seeing lending of up to 75%
of business valuations, according to
a report in The Australian.
Palaghia said banks had always
seen pharmacists as “heavily
protected because of the existing
location and ownership rules”.
She warned the lending practices
are likely to be revisited if the
current pharmacy remuneration
and regulation review recommends
changes, with the draft discussion
paper on the review yet to be
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