Colegio Oficial de Farmaceuticos de Guadalajara

What Colegio Oficial de Farmaceuticos de Guadalajara does

The Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Guadalajara (COFGU) is a professional collegiate organization founded in 1919 that operates as a "corporación privada de derecho público" — a private-law corporation with public-law functions under Spanish law. It groups all pharmacists exercising in the province of Guadalajara, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain, providing regulatory representation, member services, and public health coordination. The organization is small (5 employees) and headquartered at C/ Constitución 3, 19003 Guadalajara, serving an installed base of approximately 160 registered pharmacies in the province.

COFGU's core offering centers on member-facing utilities and public-facing pharmacy coordination. It maintains a searchable directory of 160 pharmacies, an on-duty ("farmacias de guardia") locator for after-hours access, and a comprehensive AEMPS-linked health alert system covering drug alerts, sanitary product alerts, food alerts, consumer alerts, and medication shortages. Its principal clinical service is the Sistema Personalizado de Dosificación (SPD) — weekly personalized medication packaging for polymedicated elderly patients (65+), delivered through affiliated pharmacies in partnership with the Diputación de Guadalajara. The organization also coordinates continuing education, including a recent specialization track in orthopedics delivered with the Universidad de Alcalá de Henares, and operates an anonymous ethical reporting channel hosted on cofcam.eu.

The revenue model is subscription-recurring professional membership fees paid by registered pharmacists, with fee schedules not publicly disclosed. As a mandated collegiate body, COFGU sits inside a stable regulatory perimeter that defines its market as fixed (all licensed pharmacists in the province) and its revenue base as largely contractually recurring. Strategic counterparties include the Consejería de Sanidad de Castilla-La Mancha (regulatory), AEMPS (national medicines agency), RedFarma (shared network infrastructure), and provincial/academic institutions. The mandate constrains commercial expansion but provides near-zero member churn and predictable operating economics.

Name

Colegio Oficial de Farmaceuticos de Guadalajara

Legal name

Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Guadalajara

Website

https://cofguadalajara.es

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Guadalajara (COFGU) is a Spanish professional collegiate organization founded in 1919 that represents approximately 160 registered pharmacists across Guadalajara province, delivering member services, on-duty pharmacy coordination, AEMPS health alerts, and SPD medication adherence programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmacy Professional Association

NAICS

Offices of Other Health Practitioners (6213)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600)

akta.pro primary industry

Controlled Substances & Pharmacy Regulation Authorities (HLAJACAI)

akta.pro secondary industries

Pharmacy Liaison & Prior Authorization/Insurance Coordination (HSABALAD), Medication Reconciliation & Treatment Adherence Coordination (HSABAIAE)

Keywords

• Professional pharmacy services
• Pharmacist member services
• Pharmaceutical regulatory compliance
• Medication dosage systems
• Pharmacy alert dissemination

Headquarters

HQ city

Guadalajara

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, Others

Revenue model

1. Professional membership fees: The college operates as a professional association funded through membership fees from registered pharmacists in Guadalajara province.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

COFGU provides mandatory collegiate membership and professional services to all pharmacists exercising in Guadalajara province, including professional registration, continuing education coordination, and regulatory compliance support. It operates a provincial on-duty pharmacy network, disseminates health and medication alerts from AEMPS and regional authorities, maintains a directory of 160 pharmacies, and delivers the Sistema Personalizado de Dosificación (SPD) medication adherence service for polymedicated elderly patients through affiliated pharmacies.

Product overview

Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Guadalajara is a professional association organized as a private corporation of public law that represents all pharmacists exercising in Guadalajara province. The organization provides its members with a range of digital and assistance services, including the Sistema Personalizado de Dosificación (SPD) for medication organization, a directory of 160 pharmacies, on-duty pharmacy locators, health alert systems, and a member portal for professional access. The core offering centers on pharmaceutical care services and professional regulation, with digital utilities supporting member pharmacists and public access to pharmacy services.

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Products and services

• Sistema Personalizado de Dosificación (SPD) A pharmaceutical care service where affiliated pharmacists prepare weekly medication organized by day and time for polymedicated patients, particularly elderly patients over 65 who have difficulty adhering to their prescribed medication regimen.
• Directorio de Farmacias de Guadalajara A searchable public directory of all 160 pharmacies registered in the Guadalajara province, searchable by name and municipality, providing contact information and locations for residents and visitors.
• Farmacias de Guardia On-duty pharmacy locator service identifying which of the 160 pharmacies in the province are open outside regular hours, providing after-hours pharmacy access to the public.
• Sistema de Alertas Sanitarias A multi-channel alert system providing notifications about drug alerts, health product alerts, consumer alerts, food alerts, and medication shortages, sourced from AEMPS and other authorities and disseminated to member pharmacists.
• Portal de Colegiados Extranet portal for registered pharmacist members to access exclusive services, update personal data, manage membership information, and use member-only resources.

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Diputación de GuadalajaracoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration for SPD (Sistema Personalizado de Dosificación) services - pharmacies affiliated with the provincial council's SPD program for medication adherence support.
• Universidad de Alcalá de HenarescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for specialized orthopedics training for pharmacists, enabling them to direct orthopedics sections in pharmacies or open independent establishments.
• Consejería de Sanidad de Castilla-La ManchacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGovernmental health authority for the region, working on healthcare inspection plans, pharmaceutical assistance decrees for social-health centers, and healthcare map modifications.
• AEMPS (Agencia Española de Medicamentos y Productos Sanitarios)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNational medicines agency providing information notes, alerts, and regulatory guidance disseminated through the collegiate network.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Málaga: Provincial pharmacy college serving Málaga pharmacists under the same Spanish compulsory-membership framework. Closely comparable in services, scale and revenue model to COFGU.
• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Murcia: Provincial pharmacy college representing pharmacists in Murcia. Mirrors COFGU's mandate, member portal, alert dissemination and on-duty pharmacy coordination functions across a comparable-sized provincial member base.
• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Madrid: Provincial pharmacy college serving all pharmacists in Madrid. Same legal status (corporación de derecho público), same regulatory functions, and the same service portfolio (member registry, alerts, on-duty pharmacy, continuing education). Most direct structural analogue to COFGU.
• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Valencia: Provincial pharmacy college for Valencia with the same legal architecture and service mix (member registration, alerts, on-duty pharmacy, continuing education). Directly comparable in mandate and scope to COFGU.
• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Barcelona: Provincial pharmacy college for Barcelona, representing and regulating pharmacists with the same statutory mandate. Offers near-identical member services (alerts, on-duty pharmacy, training) and shares RedFarma network membership with COFGU.
• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Sevilla: Provincial pharmacy college serving pharmacists in Seville. Same compulsory-membership collegiate model, same SPD and on-duty services, and shared RedFarma infrastructure — making it a structural twin of COFGU.
• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Zaragoza: Provincial pharmacy college for Zaragoza with virtually identical regulatory and member-service responsibilities. Provides a like-for-like operational and scale benchmark to COFGU.

Broad incumbents

• Consejo General de Colegios Oficiales de Farmacéuticos de España: National umbrella body coordinating all Spanish provincial pharmacy colleges. Operates the broader regulatory framework and standards that COFGU implements locally, making it the parent-level peer in the same hierarchy.
• Colegio Oficial de Farmacéuticos de Castilla-La Mancha (Consejo Autonómico): Autonomous community-level coordinating body for the Castilla-La Mancha pharmacy colleges, of which COFGU is a constituent member. Operates the shared 'Canal Ético' referenced on COFGU's website and provides a regional regulatory overlay directly comparable to COFGU's local operations.

Regional players

• Colegio Oficial de Médicos de Guadalajara: Sibling professional college in the same province (Guadalajara) representing physicians rather than pharmacists. While not a direct competitor, it shares the same legal collegiate structure and overlapping regional health-authority counterparties, making it a useful structural comparison for COFGU's operating model.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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