Pharmacy of the Eastern Vaud Hospitals

What Pharmacy of the Eastern Vaud Hospitals does

Pharmacie des Hôpitaux de l'Est Lémanique (PHEL) is a Swiss pharmacy association operating as the designated shared central pharmacy for the regional public hospitals of Eastern Vaud and adjacent Valais. Founded in 1847 and headquartered in Rennaz under the umbrella of Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, PHEL employs 81 staff (58.5 FTE) including 22 pharmacists, 3 FPH trainees, 2 doctoral students, and 55 pharmacy assistants. The organization serves five core public member hospitals — Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Fondation de l'Hôpital de Lavaux-Cully, Fondation de Nant, Fondation du Pôle Santé du Pays-d'Enhaut, and Fondation Rive-Neuve — along with several private clinics (Clinique Valmont, Clinique La Prairie, Clinique Suisse Montreux, etc.), 14 private EMS nursing homes, and 2 public medico-psycho-social establishments.

PHEL's operations span four core service areas: pharmaceutical logistics (centralized procurement, storage, and scheduled distribution from Rennaz to four hospital sites); manufacturing, including cytostatic chemotherapy compounding through its dedicated PHELOnco unit and non-sterile formulations through its Galenic Laboratory; clinical pharmacy assistance (medication therapy management, treatment reviews, an ambulatory pharmaceutical hotline, and post-graduate FPH training); and EMS pharmaceutical support including narcotic stock management. Operational infrastructure includes Pyxis automated secure medication cabinets distributed across hospital units, a remote pharmacist-activated dispensing robot for after-hours coverage, an on-call pharmacist line, and an antidote stockpile with associated disaster preparedness planning. The organization's clinical knowledge base — comprising a Commission des médicaments–governed formulary, over 215 searchable pharmaceutical assistance documents, compatibility charts, and clinical guidelines — is a substantive institutional asset underpinning service delivery.

PHEL operates as an association under Swiss law, generating revenue through multi-year institutional service agreements with its public hospital members and contractual arrangements with private clinics and EMS establishments. Pricing is negotiated at the institutional level and is not publicly disclosed. The organization is governed by a Comité PHEL and aligned with the Fédération des Hôpitaux Vaudois (FHV), the umbrella federation of Vaud hospitals. Marketing and member communications are conducted through a Swiss-French website (phel.ch), LinkedIn, YouTube, periodic PHELinfos newsletters, and direct healthcare professional engagement through clinical pharmacy visits and interdisciplinary colloquia. As of the latest data, the organization is actively operating and continuing to extend its ambulatory service footprint under sponsorship of the Canton of Vaud.

Name

Pharmacy of the Eastern Vaud Hospitals

Legal name

Pharmacie des Hôpitaux de l'Est Lémanique

Website

https://phel.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

1984

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Pharmacie des Hôpitaux de l'Est Lémanique (PHEL) is a Swiss shared-services pharmacy association headquartered in Rennaz, providing centralized pharmaceutical logistics, manufacturing (including oncology compounding), and clinical pharmacy services to five public regional hospitals, private clinics, and medical-social establishments in Eastern Vaud and Valais.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Pharmacy Services

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (45611)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFALAC

Specialty Pharmacies (Complex/High-Cost Therapies)

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Pharmacy & Medication Management Services

SECONDARYHLACAKAG

Specialty Pharmacy & Complex Therapy Management Platforms

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/ePrescribing, Medication Management & Pharmacy IT

SECONDARYHLACAKAC

Pharmacy Information Systems (PIS) & Dispensing Workflow

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Digital Health & Health IT/ePrescribing, Medication Management & Pharmacy IT

Keywords

• Hospital pharmacy services
• Clinical pharmacy
• Pharmaceutical logistics
• Cytostatic compounding
• Medication formulary

Headquarters

HQ city

Vaud

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Supply Chain, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Pharmaceutical supply and distribution to member hospitals: PHEL serves as the centralized pharmacy for a network of public and private hospitals, clinics, and EMS establishments in the Eastern Vaud region. Revenue is generated through the provision of pharmaceutical products, clinical pharmacy services, manufacturing of specialized medications, and EMS pharmaceutical assistance. As a shared services organization, it operates under institutional service agreements with its member establishments.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

PHEL is a centralized hospital pharmacy providing pharmaceutical logistics, medication manufacturing (including cytostatic preparations via PHELOnco and galenic formulations), clinical pharmacy assistance, and pharmaceutical support to medical-social establishments (EMS). It serves as the shared services pharmacy for a regional network of public hospitals, private clinics, and medico-social institutions in Eastern Vaud, Switzerland, under institutional service agreements.

Product overview

PHEL (Pharmacie des Hôpitaux de l'Est Lémanique) operates as a regional hospital pharmacy serving healthcare establishments in Eastern Vaud and neighboring areas. The organization provides four core services: pharmaceutical logistics (supply, storage, and distribution of medications), manufacturing (including PHELOnco for oncology preparations and a galenic laboratory for custom formulations), clinical pharmacy assistance (with a dedicated hotline and treatment review services), and EMS support for medico-social establishments. Supplementary offerings include the official medication list managed by the Commission des médicaments, PHELInfos newsletters, pharmaceutical assistance documentation, Pyxis secure medication dispensing cabinets, antidote stockpiles, and disaster preparedness planning. PHEL also supports research and education including FPH clinical pharmacy training. The pharmacy is distributed across four sites with the central pharmacy located in Rennaz.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• PHELOnco: Oncology pharmacy unit specializing in preparation of cytostatic medications
• Unité Laboratoire galénique

Products and services

• Pharmaceutical Logistics
• PHELOnco (Cytostatic Manufacturing)
• Galenic Laboratory Unit
• Clinical Pharmacy Assistance & Pharmaceutical Hotline
• EMS Pharmaceutical Support
• Medication List (Liste des médicaments)
• Pyxis Secure Medication Cabinets
• FPH Clinical Pharmacy Post-Graduate Training
• Antidote Stock and Disaster Plan

Quantifiable outcome

• 81 collaborators serving 5 public member hospitals, multiple private clinics, and 16 EMS/EPSM establishments across Eastern Vaud

Named customers8 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Fédération des Hôpitaux Vaudois (FHV)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll five public hospital members of PHEL are members of the Fédération des Hôpitaux Vaudois (FHV), the umbrella federation of Vaud hospitals. This affiliation provides a framework for regional healthcare coordination and institutional legitimacy.
• Hôpital Riviera-Chablais, Vaud-Valais (HRC)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHRC is the principal member hospital hosting PHEL's central pharmacy operations at its Rennaz site. PHEL provides pharmaceutical logistics, clinical pharmacy, and manufacturing services to HRC, including the Centre hospitalier de Rennaz, Providence site, and hospital units in Vevey and Blonay.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Spital-Pharmazie Insel Gruppe: Central pharmacy serving the Insel Gruppe hospital network in Bern. Comparable model: serves multiple member hospitals with centralized procurement, clinical pharmacy, sterile and non-sterile manufacturing, and post-graduate FPH training.
• Spital-Pharmazie Kantonsspital St. Gallen: Hospital pharmacy of the St. Gallen cantonal hospital. Comparable regional Swiss hospital pharmacy serving a multi-site public hospital network with centralized production, distribution, and clinical pharmacy services.
• Pharmacie des Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG): Central pharmacy of the Geneva University Hospitals. Comparable as another large Swiss academic hospital pharmacy offering sterile manufacturing (including cytostatics), clinical pharmacy, and network-wide distribution to HUG sites.
• Spital-Pharmazie Universitätsspital Basel: Pharmacy of the University Hospital Basel providing centralized pharmaceutical services across the USB network. Direct peer with similar scope: cytostatic compounding, clinical pharmacy, drug information, and member-hospital distribution in a Swiss-German context.
• Pharmacie centrale du CHUV (Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois): Central pharmacy of the Lausanne University Hospital, the largest hospital in Vaud. Most directly comparable Swiss peer: also a centralized hospital pharmacy providing logistics, manufacturing (including cytostatics), and clinical pharmacy services to a multi-site academic hospital network in the same canton.
• Hirslanden: Switzerland's largest private hospital group, of which several clinics (Clinique Cecil, Clinique des Grangettes, Klinik Hirslanden) are PHEL customers or partners. Comparable as a Swiss private hospital network with centralized pharmaceutical procurement and clinical pharmacy needs that PHEL serves.

Broad incumbents

• Galenica AG: Swiss pharmaceutical logistics and retail pharmacy group (including Alloga and Galexis wholesale arms). Comparable as a Swiss pharmacy services platform, but operates at national scale across retail and hospital channels rather than focusing on a single regional hospital network.
• Celesio / McKesson Europe: European pharmaceutical distribution and pharmacy services network (including Lloyds Pharmacy and AAH). Comparable as a broad incumbent in European hospital and community pharmacy services, with wholesale pharmaceutical supply to healthcare providers.
• Mediq NV: European healthcare services provider focused on hospital and pharmacy supply, including direct-to-hospital pharmaceutical distribution and medical devices. Comparable as a broader hospital-pharmacy services incumbent across multiple European markets.
• Phoenix Group: European pharmaceutical wholesale and pharmacy services group active across continental Europe. Comparable as a large-scale provider of hospital pharmacy and pharmaceutical logistics services in European healthcare markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@PHEL.Rennanz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pharmacie-des-hopitaux-de-lest-lemanique
• Xx.com/phel_vevey
• Facebookfacebook.com/phel.rennaz

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