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ZPK vows to expand direct transactions with pharmacies
Zuellig Pharma Korea (ZPK) has renewed its firm will to supply name-branded medicines to pharmacies, irrespective of the dispute with its associate wholesalers.
Stressing that there is no uncertainty over distribut...
Generic drugs likely to benefit from possible drug shortage
Pharmaceutical sources said the sales of generic drugs and bioequivalence-proven medicines will be expanded as the dispute between Zuellig Pharma Korea and its associate wholesalers has dragged on.
Korean generic d...
17 multinational drug makers distribute 700 medicines via ZPK
17 foreign drug makers stationed in Korea have supplied 699 prescription drugs (OTCs inclusive) having higher market share to local pharmacies through the exclusive agreement with Zuellig Pharma Korea (ZPK), according...
Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association Statement
Annotation: This Statement by Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesalers Association declare themself on the recent dispute between Zuellig and local wholesalers.
Foreseeable drug shortage at 20,000 pharmacies nationwide d...
Drug shortage worsens
Most community pharmacies are projected to suffer from a serious shortage of drugs supplied by 17 multinational drug manufacturers within June 15, unless the feuds between Zuellig Pharma Korea and its 30 associate who...
Multinationals willing to expand direct transactions with wholesalers
17 multinational drug manufacturers, including Novartis Korea, GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly Korea, Boehringer Ingelheim Korea, Sanofi-Aventis Korea and Pfizer Korea, agreed to address the sensitive Zuellig issue in a meetin...
Doctors oppose pharmacists' substitute dispensing
The Korea Pharmaceutical Association's recent move to expand its substitute dispensing scheme is facing opposition from doctors, although the shortage of drugs (i.e., Norvasc, Plavix, Amaryl, Cozaar) supplied by Zuell...
Challenges from wholesalers in Seoul may hit foreign drug makers' sales
17 foreign-invested pharmaceutical firms, who are mainly supplying their original drugs only through Zuellig Pharma Korea (ZPK), will see their sales decrease as wholesalers in Seoul are poised to express their apathy...
Janssen Korea, wholesalers agreed to resolve Sporanox dispute
Janssen Korea and wholesalers are taking tangible steps to thrash out a reasonable solution to the supply dispute of Sporanox (itraconazole) capsules, according to pharmaceutical business sources.
The dispute arose...
Doctors, pharmacists split over drug shortage
Tension is building between medical and pharmaceutical circles over substitute dispensing of drugs as Zuellig Pharma Korea (ZPK) has failed to reach an agreement with its associate wholesalers.
The Korea Pharmaceut...
