Cash incentive plan to trigger fiercer competition among wholesalers

The new drug-pricing reform, which allows a financial cost of 1.5 percent between wholesalers and pharmacies, may encourage wholesalers to engage in underhand forms of competition involving illegal rebates in pharmacy market, according to market insiders.

Wholesalers fear that pharmacies will continue to demand more kickbacks in return for purchasing their products.

Wholesalers also claim...