News About: Distribution
A wholesaler distributes drugs worth of 11.6 billion won in 2012
A drug wholesaler supplied pharmaceuticals worth of 11.6 billion won to hospitals and pharmacy last year, down 700 million won from 2011, a government report showed Tuesday.
According to a report by the Health Insu...
Frequent transfer of salespeople hit whole wholesaling industry
A growing number of top salespersons working for small- and mid-sized wholesaling companies are transferring to other larger wholesaling firms in pursuit of better welfare conditions, raising concerns that their exodu...
KPWA mulls tougher antidumping measure of OTC drugs
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association (KPWA) is considering accusing some wholesalers of trying to sell the over-the-counter drugs below costs in online drug shopping malls.
“The wholesalers’ illegal acts...
Wholesalers call for earlier passage of three-month payment bill
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association (KPWA) should make its desperate effort to push for the passage of a bill aimed at settling the long-delayed drug payment by medical institutions within three months dur...
Wholesalers up in arms over three-month payment bill
There is a loud cry in the wholesaling industry that the Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association (KPWA) should make its desperate effort to push for the passage of a bill aimed at settling the long-delayed drug pa...
Falling profit margin angers wholesalers
Local drug wholesalers are opposing some multinational drug manufacturers’ marketing policy to slash the wholesaler’s profit margin.
Their reaction came out after more multinational companies are cutting the wholes...
Thrice daily delivery system of drug weighs down wholesalers
Local wholesalers are adopting survival strategies to boost their sluggish drug sales by introducing a system of delivering drugs three time a day.
On-line shopping malls operated by wholesalers make it a rule to k...
30 wholesalers pledge to stop predatory pricing
The nation’ 30 wholesalers promised to keep the prices of best-selling 30 over-the-counter (OTC) drugs without selling the drugs below cost.
In a monthly meeting on Monday, the Pharmaceutical Development Conference...
Returned small package drugs are headache for wholesalers
Wholesalers in Seoul are in dilemma on how to deal with small-packet medicines returned by pharmacies, although the Korean Pharmaceutical Association (KMA) asked for the Seoul Wholesaler Association (SWA) to receive a...
Wholesalers to go all-out for passage of three-month payment bill
The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association (KPWA) said Monday it will push for the passage of a bill aimed at dealing with the overdue drug payment by medical institutions within three months during the next parl...
