News About: Distribution
Small distribution companies’ expectations to save expenses meet trend of expanding storages among medium-sized companies
Contract services have been rapidly spread in combination with current pharmaceutical distribution companies’ expansion of their distribution centers and new companies’ expectations to save expenses.
According to the...
Distribution industry pays sharp attention to large private hospitals founding direct distributors
As large private hospitals are about to start direct distribution companies, concerns are amplifying in the pharmaceutical distribution industry.
According to the industry concerned on the 13th, multiple large privat...
Pharmaceutical distribution, “We don’t want to get involved with balances accounts for drug price differences”
“Could pharmacies and pharmaceutical companies directly balance accounts for drug price differences each other?”
As the government continues to carry out drug price cuts, pharmaceutical distribution companies have ma...
Pharma distribution industry active in upgrading distribution system
After the grace period for the Real-time Serial Number Reporting System is extended to 18 months, pharmaceutical distribution companies have accelerated the process to improve their distribution system.
According to ...
How will they handle return of pharmaceutical products without serial number?
About 10 days ahead of the drug serial number reporting system, the pharmaceutical distribution industry is immediately having serious troubles from recruiting additional human resources, expanding facilities and retu...
Will distribution industry reach a middle ground with pharmaceutical company for margin cut?
The pharmaceutical distribution industry and one of the top Korean pharmaceutical companies are known to have a meeting together for the recent conflict about distribution margins this week.
Since the circumstance wh...
Endless manufacturing suspension and temporary out-of-stock of medicines
Multinational pharmaceutical companies have decided to suspend supplying pharmaceutical products in Korea, and Korean pharmaceutical companies have temporarily gone out-of-stock on some of their products.
Novartis an...
“Which distribution company still deals illegal drugs and drug counterfeits?”
“Which distribution company is still dealing illegal pharmaceutical products and drug counterfeits?”
It was one of the complaints from pharmaceutical distribution companies facing obligation of the real-time serial n...
KPDA requests for direct business of co-marketed product with wholesalers
The distribution association requested for direct wholesale business for a product which has been co-marketed with a top Korean pharmaceutical company. Pharmaceutical distribution companies and the Korean company have...
KPDA says cutting margins by 3% is unfair
When it comes to the recent Korean pharmaceutical companies’ cuts on distribution margin, the Korea Pharmaceutical Distribution Association(KPDA) criticized “It’s their action to take away our distribution fees by pre...
