URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire

What URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire does

URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire (Union Régionale des Professionnels de Santé Pharmaciens Libéraux des Pays de la Loire) is a non-profit regional professional union established following the 2009 Hôpital Patient Santé Territoire (HPST) law, headquartered in Nantes, France. It is the statutory body mandated to represent all liberal community pharmacists (pharmaciens d'officine) across the Pays de la Loire region, distinct from the national Ordre des Pharmaciens (regulatory body) and from professional syndicates. Its core functions include regional representation, coordination of evolving pharmacist missions (vaccination, TROD tests, pharmaceutical interviews, pharmacist-correspondant designation, hazardous waste collection), and facilitation of interprofessional cooperation with physicians, dentists, and primary care structures (CPTS, MSP).

The organization's digital and operational footprint consists of an informational website (urpspharmaciens-pdl.com, built by kromi.fr and hosted by Webaxys), a referenced external practice-assistance tool (PHARMAPRAT / pharmaprat.fr), newsletters, webinars, regional conferences ("journées"), and a set of deployed projects including pregnant-women interviews, oral health awareness (joint with URPS Chirurgiens-Dentistes), environmental health guidance, an interpretation device for allophone patients, and deployment support for the IATROPREV 2 medication-optimization experiment with Association OCTAVE and regional hospitals. The staff headcount is approximately 8, and the organization is led by elected pharmacist representatives with Alain Guilleminot as Directeur de publication and M. Launay as a named operational contact.

The business model is not commercial in the venture or SaaS sense: URPS is funded through statutory regional contributions collected from pharmacists (a mandatory levy), supplemented by fees from a single operational service — the regional dangerous-waste collection program with ENVIRONNEMENT & SOLUTIONS and TRIADIS (Groupe SÉCHÉ), priced at €235 HT per pharmacy plus €5 HT per kilogram of waste. There is no disclosed revenue, no public pricing for member services, and no funding rounds. As of the most recent data, roughly 100 pharmacist-correspondants are active under the union's programs, demonstrating member adoption of its flagship interprofessional initiative.

Name

URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire

Legal name

URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire

Website

https://urpspharmaciens-pdl.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire is a statutory non-profit regional union representing all liberal community pharmacists in the Pays de la Loire region of France, coordinating professional missions, interprofessional projects, and operational services for its members.

Ownership category

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Product category

Healthcare Professional Association Services

NAICS

Hazardous Waste Collection (562112)

SIC

Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAJAOAL

Health Systems Strengthening & Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Partnerships

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Public Health, Government & Regulators/Global Health Initiatives & Partnerships

SECONDARYHSABALAD

Pharmacy Liaison & Prior Authorization/Insurance Coordination

Home & Personal Services/Elder Care & In-Home Care Services/Medication Management & In-Home Pharmacy Support

Keywords

• Community pharmacy representation
• Professional pharmacist union
• Regional health coordination
• Pharmacy practice tools
• Interprofessional health cooperation

Headquarters

HQ city

Nantes

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire is a statutory regional professional union that represents all liberal community pharmacists (pharmaciens d'officine) in the Pays de la Loire region of France. It provides professional representation distinct from the Ordre des Pharmaciens and syndicates, disseminates practical practice tools (including referral to PHARMAPRAT), coordinates interprofessional health projects with regional partners, organizes educational webinars and regional journées, and operates a hazardous waste collection service for community pharmacies.

Product overview

URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire operates as a regional union providing an informational website that serves as a coordination and resource portal for pharmacists in the Pays de la Loire region of France. The primary digital presence consists of their website (urpspharmaciens-pdl.com) which hosts information about professional projects, resources, and initiatives. The site references Pharmaprat (pharmaprat.fr) as an external tool for pharmacy practice assistance. The organization functions as a professional association rather than a product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Pharmaprat: Tool for pharmacy practice assistance - an aid for community pharmacy practice
• Entretiens femme enceinte
• Sensibilisation à l'hygiène bucco-dentaire
• Pharmacien Correspondant
• Collecte de déchets dangereux

Products and services

• URPS Pharmaciens Pays de la Loire Website Informational website and digital portal serving as the union's primary online presence, providing news, project information, professional resources, newsletters, webinars, and event details for community pharmacists in the Pays de la Loire region.
• PHARMAPRAT (pharmaprat.fr) An online practical tool platform for community pharmacists providing guides, factsheets, and standard operating guidance for daily pharmacy practice missions.
• Hazardous Waste Collection Service (Collecte de déchets dangereux) Regional hazardous waste collection and treatment service for community pharmacies, operated jointly across Pays de la Loire and Brittany with disclosed fees of €235 HT per pharmacy plus €5 HT per kilogram of waste.
• Educational Webinars for Pharmacists Educational webinars on topics including child protection, oncology, deprescription, and interprofessional cooperation aimed at community pharmacists.
• Regional Journées and Conferences Regional in-person events (journées) covering oncology, addictology, perinatal care, interprofessional cooperation, and environmental health for pharmacists and health partners.

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

17 partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Association OCTAVEcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 July 2025OCTAVE is the project coordinator for the IATROPREV 2 experiment (Article 51), involving community pharmacists and hospital geriatric teams to optimize medication for frail elderly patients. URPS PdL supports deployment of the project in Pays de la Loire.
• URPS Chirurgiens-Dentistes Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint project on oral health awareness for community pharmacists, including information evenings and communication materials for pharmacists on oral health and dental prevention (M'T dents program, pregnancy dental screening).
• URPS Pharmaciens BretagnecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint operation for the collection and elimination of dangerous chemical waste from community pharmacies across both Brittany and Pays de la Loire regions, providing economies of scale and mutualised rates.
• CHU AngerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCHU d'Angers is one of three participating hospital establishments in the IATROPREV 2 medication optimization experiment in Pays de la Loire, working with community pharmacists.
• CH Haut AnjouminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCentre Hospitalier Haut Anjou participates in the IATROPREV 2 medication optimization experiment, one of three hospital partners in the Pays de la Loire region.
• CESAMEminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCESAME healthcare establishment participates in the IATROPREV 2 medication optimization experiment as one of three hospital partners in the Pays de la Loire region.
• ENVIRONNEMENT & SOLUTIONScoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerCabinet specializing in environmental waste management selected by URPS Pharmaciens to manage the regional collection operation of dangerous pharmacy waste. Handles all administrative and logistical coordination.
• TRIADIS (Groupe SÉCHÉ)coreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerSpecialized waste collection company (part of the SÉCHÉ group) selected as the collector for the dangerous waste collection operation, performing physical collection from pharmacies.
• URML Pays de la LoirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerRegional union of liberal doctors collaborating with URPS Pharmaciens on joint information documents about pharmacists' new missions, and on promoting interprofessional coordination.
• APMSL (Association des Professionnels de Santé Libéraux)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional association of liberal health professionals acting as a dissemination channel for URPS tools and initiatives in coordinated care structures in Pays de la Loire.
• ESP-CLAP (Équipes de Soins Primaires)minorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorPrimary care teams acting as partners for deployment of the pharmacien correspondant project and other interprofessional coordination initiatives.
• CPTS (Communautés Professionnelles Territoriales de Santé)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorTerritorial professional health communities are key partners for deploying the pharmacien correspondant and other coordinated care projects. The Vendée department has expressed interest in participating via its CPTS.
• ARS (Agence Régionale de Santé)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorRegional health authority involved as a regulatory and strategic partner in the deployment of regional health initiatives and interprofessional cooperation projects.
• ISM InterprétariatminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerInterpretation service provider supporting the interpretation device project to facilitate care for allophone (non-French-speaking) patients in pharmacies.
• PHARMAPRATcoreOthersPHARMAPRAT (pharmaprat.fr) is an online practical tool for community pharmacists providing guides, factsheets, and guidance on various pharmacist missions. The URPS Pharmaciens promotes and refers pharmacists to this resource.
• kromi.frminorOtherskromi.fr is the website design agency that created and maintains the urpspharmaciens-pdl.com website.
• WebaxysminorOthersWeb hosting provider for the urpspharmaciens-pdl.com website, based in Le Havre (Parc Éco Normandie, 76430 Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc).

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Union des Syndicats de Pharmaciens d'Officine (USPO): National representative union for community pharmacists in France. Comparable to URPS' representational mission but operates at national level and with a different mandate (labor/economic representation), making it a complementary incumbent rather than a direct competitor.
• Fédération des Syndicats Pharmaceutiques de France (FSPF): National trade union for pharmacy owners, focused on labor and economic representation. Adjacent to URPS' representational role but operates at the national/employer level rather than the regional/project level.
• Conseil National de l'Ordre des Pharmaciens (CNOP): National regulatory body for pharmacists in France. Operates one organizational layer above URPS with disciplinary and registration duties, rather than regional representational and project-coordination work; compared for being in the same professional ecosystem.

Direct peers

• URPS Pharmaciens PACA: Regional pharmacist union for Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, another sister URPS under the same statutory framework. Comparable role, deliverable mix, and member constituency, just in a different region.
• URPS Pharmaciens Nouvelle-Aquitaine: Sister regional pharmacist union for Nouvelle-Aquitaine. Statutorily identical body, same member base of community pharmacists, comparable COVID-era and post-COVID mission expansion programs.
• URPS Pharmaciens Île-de-France: Regional pharmacist union for the Île-de-France region under the same HPST-law statutory framework. Same mandate, scope, and toolset (PHARMAPRAT, projets, journées) targeted at the much larger Paris-area community pharmacy population.
• URPS Pharmaciens Bretagne: The sister regional pharmacist union in Brittany, jointly coordinating with URPS PdL on the cross-regional hazardous waste collection operation. Functionally identical mandate, same HPST-law statutory basis, directly comparable structure and member base.
• URPS Pharmaciens Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: Sister regional pharmacist union for Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes. Same statutory role, same PHARMAPRAT platform, same project portfolio (vaccination, entretiens, interprofessional coordination), in another region.

Regional players

• URPS Médecins Libéraux Pays de la Loire (URML PdL): The sister URPS for liberal doctors in Pays de la Loire, a listed partner for joint information documents and interprofessional coordination. Comparable statutory structure and remit, but serves physicians rather than pharmacists.
• URPS Chirurgiens-Dentistes Pays de la Loire: Sister URPS for dental surgeons in Pays de la Loire, partnered with URPS Pharmaciens on the oral health awareness initiative. Comparable statutory structure and regional remit, but for a different profession.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

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