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Pharmaceutical distribution association considers accusing monopolistic distribution companies invested by medical institutes
The Korea Pharmaceutical Distribution Association(Chairman Chi-Yup Hwang) is known to aggressively consider accusing pharmaceutical distribution companies invested by medical devices to the Fair Trade Commission for m...
Why do pharmaceutical distribution companies have to wait until medicines get expired?
Pharmaceutical distribution companies have appealed difficulties due to some pharmaceutical companies’ policy to take back expired medicines.
According to the industry concerned, it was told a pharmaceutical company ...
Distribution companies’ additional workloads for reading plastic-wrapped barcodes
Pharmaceutical distribution companies are reportedly having difficulties in reading barcodes created by specific pharmaceutical companies. Thus, it was criticized the association must take actions to address the issue...
Will tightened administration of distribution business weaken services for pharmacies?
As their business is getting tighter and tighter, the pharmaceutical distribution industry has started to have concerns that their services for pharmacies would get narrower in the future.
According to the industry c...
Expected difficulties for pharmaceutical distribution industry in supplying and demanding medicines on early October
Pharmaceutical distribution companies are going to encounter difficulties in suppling and demanding medicines during the long 10 days of holidays before and after the Korean Thanksgiving Day(Chuseok) on October again ...
Who will become candidates for next KPDA chairman?
2 months ahead of election of the Korea Pharmaceutical Distribution Association(KPDA) chairman, there has been a lot of rumors about candidates for the next chairman.
According to the industry, candidates, such as Na...
Pharmaceutical and distribution companies tense over change of wholesaler for 5 Paik Hospitals
Over the medicine supply to Inje University Paik Hospitals, it has been noisy in the pharmaceutical and distribution industries. This is because distributors supplying medicines to the Inje University’s 5 hospitals ar...
Pharmaceutical distribution companies’ concerns in recruiting employees
Pharmaceutical distribution companies were observed to have a difficult time in supplying and demanding human resources.
According to the industry concerned, a concerning voice was slowly being made that the industry...
It is time to change 3-shipment-a-day custom in pharma distribution industry
In the fierce competition among pharmaceutical distribution companies, it was criticized it was a time to change the custom of delivering 3 times a day.
According to the industry concerned, the 3-shipment-a-day servi...
Pharma distribution industry’s concerns over minimum wages increase
Pharmaceutical distribution companies are seeking for measures in response to various unfavorable factors, such as reduction of distribution margins for specific products, downscale of client distributors from pharmac...
