J M Smith buys RxMedic
RxMedic, a maker of automated pill dispensing systems used in pharmacies, has been purchased by J M Smith, a South Carolina company that provides various products and services to the pharmacy industry.
J M Smith, based in Spartanburg, S.C., closed on its purchase of privately held RxMedic in late May, says RxMedic Senior Director Chris Cox. J M Smith had been one of the investors in the Raleigh company.
RxMedic, incorporated in 2007, sells its pill dispensing systems in North and South Carolina and parts of Virginia, Tennessee and Georgia. Cox said J M Smith’s purchase of the company gives it a better opportunity to grow because it can tap into J M Smith’s national sales and marketing force bad credit payday advance.Cox declined to disclose RxMedic’s revenue. The company’s competition includes Durham-based Parata Systems.
With the sale of the RxMedic, former CEO Alan Winchester has left the company. RxMedic currently employs 15. Cox says all of the remaining employees will be retained by the company and additional workers could be hired for its manufacturing operations in coming months. Cox said the number of workers the company hires depends on sales of the product.