Actavis was celebrating on Wednesday 5th May at the Welsh Chemist Awards in Cardiff, where they were recognised for their Customer Service and Innovation.

The Barnstaple based Generics manufacturer won 2 of the 3 company awards available, and was presented with awards for ‘Best Customer and Professional Support’ and ‘Best Training Support’.

Best Customer and Professional Support
In 2009 Actavis invested heavily in its 40 strong customer facing service team to ensure that they were able to offer the best advice to pharmacies on business issues and the Actavis broad medicine portfolio.

With more than 350 medicines available throughout the UK and a further 300 in development, Actavis has one of the broadest product portfolios and pipelines in the industry. Committed to providing first class generics and support to pharmacists, Actavis consistently aims to be first to market with generic medicines.

Best Training Support
Actavis was awarded this title for its commitment to supporting customer training, with particular reference made to their online pharmacy training tool - The Actavis Academy Online. Launched in 2009, the Actavis Academy is a free online training resource for pharmacists. www.actavisacademy.co.uk.

The Awards were hosted by trade publication Welsh Chemist Review and attended by all leading pharmaceutical companies in the UK.

For further information:
Liz Jones
Lexis PR
0207 908 6454/07595 567817
ljones@lexispr.com