On November 15, 2023, Demis Paolucci, head of Le Cochen company (Loccioni Group)  medical practice department,  and  Gianmarco Tofanelli, general manager of Loccioni China, came to our hospital for cooperation. The company team was received by Zhao Jingzhou, vice president of our hospital,  and  Pan Jie, director of the hospital pharmacy department.

At the beginning of the meeting, both sides introduced the participants. Vice-president Zhao Jingzhou welcomed the visitors  and  stressed that advanced medical equipment is one of the bases for guaranteeing the high-quality development of the hospital.

Pharmacy department director Pan Jie briefed the visiting team on the general situation of our hospital  and  the department of pharmacy, focusing on our efforts  and  breakthroughs in the automation of intravenous drug dispensing centers. At the same time, he also pointed out some difficult problems in the operation.

Huang Yaqi, head of China marketing for Loccioni Healthcare, introduced Loccioni groups founding concept, core technology  and  market expansion. Loccioni groups business covers automotive manufacturing, home appliances manufacturing, medical, aerospace, environmental protection  and  sustainable agriculture  and  other fields. Huang highlighted the APOTECA project  and  its progress. The group has partnered with 115 top hospitals in 26 countries since the APOTECA was launched in 2007, more than 8 million bags of anti-cancer drugs have been dispensed  and  100% of APOTECA drugs are traceable. They have published nearly 200 related scientific research articles.

At the end of the meeting, director Panjie raised questions about how to ensure that the dispensing robot is updated to meet medical needs. Demis, head of Loccionis medical practice, answered questions, stressing the need to strengthen market research, actively listen to user feedback. The two sides also discussed the equipment construction, work efficiency  and  safety.

At the end of the discussion, director Pan Jie led the visiting team to visit our intravenous drug dispensing center. Both sides made in-depth exchanges  and  future prospects around PIVAS automation equipment, intelligent software systems, etc.

The visit of the team of Loccioni group shows that the development of the intravenous drug dispensing center of our hospital has been recognized by the colleagues in recent years. Italian Le Cochen company (Loccioni Group) expressed the hope to cooperate with our hospital in the technical innovation, the product research  and  development. Our Hospital also expressed the hope that we could speed up the local production of intravenous drug dispensing robots  and  the joint formulation of equipment standards, so as to solve the current pain  and  difficulties in the intravenous drug dispensing process. We hope we will jointly contribute to the development of medical  and  health care.

Written by Dai Jing, Ge Yi

Reviewed by Pan Jie

Translated by Li Guangfei