Consejo Andaluz de Colegios de Farmacéuticos

What Consejo Andaluz de Colegios de Farmacéuticos does

CACOF (Consejo Andaluz de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos) is the legally mandated coordinating professional body for all licensed pharmacists across Andalusia's eight provinces — Almería, Cádiz, Córdoba, Granada, Huelva, Jaén, Málaga, and Seville. Operating as a private nonprofit from its headquarters in Seville, the organization coordinates and unifies the eight provincial Official Colleges of Pharmacists, representing registered pharmacists in community pharmacies, hospital pharmacies, clinical analysis, distribution, industry, public administration, and academia. The council is funded through mandatory membership fees (cuotas colegiales) paid by all licensed pharmacists in the region, with no external investors, venture capital, or stock listing.

CACOF's technology platform centers on three proprietary digital systems: AxónFarma® (web and mobile) for tracking patient health parameters and delivering structured professional pharmacy services; PLATÓN+, an online learning management system for continuing education, webinars, and congress content; and the Vales Electrónicos de Estupefacientes portal, which digitizes and certifies narcotic drug voucher workflows that previously ran on paper. On top of these platforms the organization operates a portfolio of trademarked professional services — AxónTabaKO® (smoking cessation), AxónIctus® (early atrial fibrillation detection), MAPAfarma® (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring), PysmaSarco® (health and quality of life for over-60s), ANM (new medication assistance), and SPD (personalized dosage systems). A consumer-facing mobile app, App de AxónFarma® para ciudadanos, was added in November 2024 to allow patients to consult pharmacy-registered health metrics and manage family profiles.

CACOF's go-to-market is community-led and regulatory-aligned rather than commercial. The organization engages members through its website, intranet, digital bulletin, social media channels, and PLATÓN+; delivers public health campaigns through the network of approximately 4,000 community pharmacies in Andalusia; and collaborates with the Junta de Andalucía and the Andalusian Health Service (SAS), ANDAVAC, and other regional bodies on initiatives including RASSELH (smoke-free pharmacies), BenzostopJuntos (rational benzodiazepine use), Nirsevimab vaccination, bathing-water surveillance, and energy-drink awareness. Operating with a lean technical team of 11 staff, CACOF functions as a representational, training, and digital-infrastructure hub rather than a revenue-generating enterprise.

Name

Consejo Andaluz de Colegios de Farmacéuticos

Legal name

CONSEJO ANDALUZ DE COLEGIOS OFICIALES DE FARMACÉUTICOS

Website

https://cacof.es

Company type

Private

Founded year

2008

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

CACOF is the legally mandated coordinating professional body for licensed pharmacists across Andalusia's eight provinces, providing digital practice platforms (AxónFarma®, PLATÓN+), training, regulatory representation, and public health campaign coordination funded through mandatory membership fees from ~4,000 community pharmacies.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Professional Association Services

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110), Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (45611)

SIC

Retail-Drug Stores And Proprietary Stores (5912)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFALAA

Retail & Community Pharmacies (Chain/Independent)

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

Keywords

• Professional pharmacy services
• Continuing pharmaceutical education
• Community pharmacy network
• Pharmaceutical professional association
• Public health pharmacy programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Seville

HQ country

Spain

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Membership fees from affiliated pharmacists: As a mandatory professional association (Colegio Oficial) for pharmacists in Andalusia, CACOF is funded through membership fees (cuotas colegiales) paid by all licensed pharmacists registered with its eight provincial colleges. These fees constitute the primary recurring revenue stream sustaining the organization's operations, platforms, and services.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

CACOF coordinates the eight provincial Official Colleges of Pharmacists in Andalusia, providing licensed pharmacists with digital professional service platforms (AxónFarma®), a continuing-education portal (PLATÓN+), electronic narcotics-voucher management (Vales Electrónicos de Estupefacientes), regulatory representation, employment listings, and public health campaigns delivered through a regional network of approximately 4,000 community pharmacies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• AxónFarma®: Professional pharmaceutical services platform for community pharmacies including patient health parameter monitoring
• PLATÓN+
• AxónTabaKO®
• AxónIctus®
• MAPAfarma®
• PysmaSarco®
• ANM
• RASSELH

Products and services

• AxónFarma® (professional services platform) Web platform for community pharmacists to record patient health parameters, deliver structured professional services, and standardize community-pharmacy practice. Used by licensed pharmacists across Andalusia.
• PLATÓN+ (online training platform) Online continuing-education platform delivering courses, webinars, workshops, and congress materials to member pharmacists across Andalusia. Manages enrollment, completion tracking, and continuing-education credits.
• Vales Electrónicos de Estupefacientes (digital narcotics voucher portal) Web portal for Andalusian pharmacies to issue, manage, control, and certify electronic vouchers for narcotic drugs, replacing paper-based processes. Mandatory for compliance with narcotics-control regulations.
• AxónTabaKO® (smoking cessation service) Structured community-pharmacy tobacco cessation service with standardized intervention protocols, patient evaluation, personalized planning, and ongoing follow-up. Delivered by Andalusian pharmacists through community pharmacies.
• AxónIctus® (atrial fibrillation early-detection service) Community-pharmacy service for early detection of atrial fibrillation, supporting earlier stroke-risk identification and referral. Delivered by member pharmacists in Andalusia.
• MAPAfarma® (ambulatory blood pressure monitoring) Structured ambulatory blood pressure monitoring service provided at community pharmacies for patient screening, follow-up, and referral of hypertension cases.
• PysmaSarco® (health and quality-of-life program for over-60s) Pharmacy-led health and quality-of-life program targeting adults aged 60 and over, supporting age-related health management through community pharmacies.
• ANM — Asistencia en Nuevos Medicamentos Pharmacist assistance service for the introduction of new medicines, supporting counseling, dispensing, and follow-up of newly launched medications in community pharmacies.
• SPD — Sistemas Personalizados de Dosificación Personalized dosage-system service in community pharmacies for patients on multiple medications, improving adherence, safety, and caregiver oversight.
• Farmacia Comprometida con la Salud Pública Council-wide public-health pharmacy program reinforcing the public-health role of Andalusian community pharmacies and supporting pharmacists' professional future through structured public-health commitments.
• App de AxónFarma® para ciudadanos (citizen mobile app) Free mobile app for citizens and patients to consult health parameters recorded at pharmacies via AxónFarma®, manage family health profiles, and track hospital medication request status (SEMH). Available on Google Play and Apple App Store.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 300 pharmacies joined the Red Andaluza de Servicios Sanitarios y Espacios Libres de Humo (RASSELH) smoke-free network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature10 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Junta de Andalucía — Red Andaluza de Servicios Sanitarios y Espacios Libres de Humo (RASSELH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 25 May 2026CACOF continued its collaboration with RASSELH in 2026, featuring Farmacia Mª Teresa Morales (Huétor Santillán, Granada) as a case study in the 2026 World No Tobacco Day campaign. The campaign theme 'Tu Farmacia, tu mejor aliada para dejar de fumar' reinforces the network's smoke-free pharmacy initiative.
• Junta de Andalucía — Programa de Vigilancia Sanitaria de Aguas de BañomajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2026CACOF pharmacists participate in the 'Programa de Vigilancia Sanitaria de Aguas de Baño de Andalucía,' managed by the Dirección General de Salud Pública y Ordenación Farmacéutica of the Junta de Andalucía. Since 2008, pharmacists act as official control agents performing water sampling, visual inspections, incident investigation, and data recording in ALBEGA/NÁYADE systems.
• Junta de Andalucía — Red Andaluza de Servicios Sanitarios y Espacios Libres de Humo (RASSELH)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 27 May 2025CACOF is a founding member of RASSELH alongside the eight provincial Official Colleges of Pharmacists of Andalusia and the Junta de Andalucía's health authorities. The initiative accredits pharmacies as smoke-free health spaces and promotes tobacco cessation. Over 300 pharmacies participate, with Sanafarmacia (Seville) earning the first 'Plata' (Silver) accreditation. The 2025 World No Tobacco Day campaign promoted this network.
• Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS) — Campaña BenzostopJuntoscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2025CACOF collaborated with the Andalusian Health Service (SAS) on the 'BenzostopJuntos, Vivir sin tranquilizantes es posible' campaign, developed by the Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pública. The campaign provides tools for pharmacists to help patients use benzodiazepines rationally and safely, contributing to a reduction in chronic use.
• ANDAVAC / Junta de Andalucía — Campaña de Bronquiolitis por VRS en lactantesmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 23 September 2024CACOF supported the Nirsevimab immunization campaign against bronchiolitis caused by the Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV), promoted by ANDAVAC (Plan Estratégico de Vacunaciones de la Junta de Andalucía). CACOF produced and disseminated infographics and banners through its social media channels to inform parents and the general public.
• PREVISIÓN SANITARIA, SERVICIOS Y CONSULTORÍA, S.L.U.minorOthersPREVISIÓN SANITARIA, SERVICIOS Y CONSULTORÍA S.L.U. (Calle Génova 26, 28004 Madrid) serves as the Data Protection Officer (DPO/DPD) for CACOF, as disclosed in the privacy policy.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Muy Ilustre Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Valencia (MICOF): Provincial pharmacists' college for Valencia with comparable professional service platforms, training programs, and member-facing digital tools analogous to those operated by CACOF.
• Col·legi de Farmacèutics de Barcelona (COFB): The Official College of Pharmacists of Barcelona, performing the same provincial-level coordination, training, and digital service functions in Catalonia as CACOF's provincial colleges do in Andalusia.

Broad incumbents

• Consejo General de Enfermería de España: The national coordinating body for Spanish nursing colleges, structurally identical to CGCOF and a useful analogue for understanding CACOF's governance, mandatory membership model, and digital platform strategy.
• Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos (CGCOF): The national coordinating body for all Spanish pharmacist colleges. Directly comparable as the apex council of which CACOF is a regional member, operating the same representational, training, and regulatory support functions at the national level.

Emerging players

• Farmamundi: Spanish NGO founded by the pharmacy profession with strong ties to the collegiate system. Comparable as a pharmacy-coordinated advocacy and public health organization, though focused on international cooperation rather than regional representation.
• Fundación Pharmaceutical Care España: Spanish foundation focused on advancing community pharmacy clinical services and pharmaceutical care research, overlapping with CACOF's professional service portfolio and SPD/ANM offerings.
• Sociedad Española de Farmacia Comunitaria (SEFAC): National scientific society of community pharmacists that develops professional service protocols (smoking cessation, blood pressure monitoring, atrial fibrillation screening) — directly overlapping with CACOF's AxónTabaKO®, MAPAfarma®, and AxónIctus® services.

Others

• Servicio Andaluz de Salud (SAS): The Andalusian public health service that co-runs major health campaigns with CACOF (BenzostopJuntos, Nirsevimab, RASSELH). It is the primary institutional counterpart and counterparty for CACOF's regional health initiatives.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CACOF_
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/CACOF2012
• Facebookfacebook.com/ConsejoAndaluzCOF
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/consejo-andaluz-de-colegios-de-farmaceuticos
• Instagraminstagram.com/cacof_

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

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