45 wholesalers supplying medicinal products of more than 100 billion won in 2012

The country’s 45 wholesalers, 46 drug firms and 12 importers were engaged in distributing pharmaceutical products amounting to over 100 billion won annually to hospitals and pharmacies last year, according to a report disclosed by the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA).

The report showed that the number of drug suppliers came to 2,436 as of the end of Dec. 2012, up 126 fro...