News About: Distribution
General hospitals cut off number of wholesalers by half.
After the implementation of the medical reform program large general hospitals including the university hospitals have cut off the number of wholesalers, causing further deep business recessions to ethical drug wholes...
Introduction of the electronic bid system, under consideration
Introduction of the electronic bid system for medical supplies, under serious consideration
Trial enforcement to be launched after operating a distribution information system
It is predicted that an electronic bid...
Government subsidy for drug logistic centers.
The Drug Logistic Cooperative Association (Chairman: Lee Hui-koo) may get the total operating expenses for establishment of the drug logistic center from the government. The Association made it clear that they would f...
Negative responses to drug distribution information system.
The drug distribution information system projected by the MOHW in association with KOPAMS has faced the most critical turning point in 10 months since the project start-up, because of remarkable negative responses fro...
Drug wholesale community not to take part in distribution information project.
The drug wholesale community decided not to take part in the drug distribution information system project but to gather their efforts over the establishment of drug logistic center,
The KPhWA took a directorate me...
Prescription drug wholesaler Sungchang and Kaya merged.
A merger was declared in Feb. 3 by Sungchang wholesaler (President: Mr. Cho Sun-hae) and Kaya (President: Mr. Lee Wan), which attracted interested attention to the industry, in view of showing active industrial restru...
Pharmacy franchise business on green light
Many franchise pharmacies experienced a bitter business and slow sales last year mainly due to the medical strikes in connection with the medical and pharmacy role separation program, but it is foreseen that their bu...
Joint Drug Logistic Center scheduled to operate from March next year.
The joint drug logistic center project has been finalized with many efforts by drug manufacturers and wholesalers during the past 2 years.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Logistic Association (KPhLA) (President: Mr. Lee H...
Drug wholesalers to spur establishment of logistic centers.
Drug wholesalers decided to speed up establishing the pharmaceutical logistic center.
The Korea Pharmaceutical Logistic Cooperative Association (Chairman: Mr. Lee Hee-koo) took a working level meeting on Dec. 21 ....
41 drug wholesalers declared to have a bout with Zuellig
41 drug wholesalers seemed to declare a battle with Zuellig, a foreign multinational drug wholesaler, on account of Zuellig's limited distribution margins. Representatives of 41 drug wholesalers who were engaging in t...
