News About: Distribution
Establishment of new wholesale holding company eyed
In the recent press interview, representatives from four local firms Sungchang Pharm, Dongbu Pharm, Carebest, and SK Global - announced the establishment of a new wholesale holding company with a pure national capita...
The current attitude on the item-by-item wholesale should be changed
In parallel with the recent irregular item-by-item wholesaling rampant in the distribution of drugs, the drug wholesalers has urged the domestic pharmaceutical firms to switch their current bidding practices.
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Deletion of direct payment clause to cause difficulties in distribution reform
Earlier on April 17 the Standing Health and Welfare Committee of the National Assembly passed the provisional clause of the direct payment system for medication bills (raised by Rep. Lee Won-hyung) to eliminate. As a ...
Helpline may be soon faded out.
So called "Direct payment system" seems to be in null and void as a matter of time and actually anticipated to go in that direction according to a reliable source. The system was the main core for establishment of "He...
Product to be cancelled when trade report violation.
The drug makers and wholesalers have to report their trade records dealt between April and June 30 until coming July. In otherwise or for false reports the penalty will be imposed to drug makers with product cancellat...
Pharmacy community appealed Zuellig's unfair trade acts to correct.
The top pharmacy community executives of Youngnam city and provincial areas affiliated to the KPhA including Kyungnam, Kyungbuk province, Daegu, Busan and Ulsan city took a meeting on April 2 to discuss Zuellig's excl...
Helf-line admission from medical institutions up
Now that the use of helf-line in the national and public hospitals under the health ministry has been already mandatory, the drugs order via helf-line has been on a gradual increase in drug wholesalers.
Recently, t...
Dongwon to acquire Jeju Choil for nationwide sales networks.
The wholesaler's movement for the industrial protection seems to burst out almost simultaneously and more frequently across the nation.
Following the fact that Baekche opened Incheon branch, igniting to build up a...
Seoul Wholesalers Association to help problem solving over returned goods
The Seoul Wholesalers Association made it clear that they would positively help retail pharmacies for problem-solving over the returned goods, in the brief talk meeting on March 22 along with the Seoul Pharmaceutical ...
Handling of returned goods bothers the wholesaling industry
Pharmaceutical sources say that the wholesaling industry is being bothered by the uncooperative stances of Zuellig Pharm Korea (ZPK) and some foreign-invested firms in handling the returned goods from pharmacy.
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