Multinational drug firms to face growing calls to hike wholesalers’ margin

Local wholesalers recently stepped up pressure on multinational drug manufacturers to increase their profit margins up to at least 8.8 percent, calling for mutual co-existence.

In a statement delivered to foreign-invested drug firms last Friday, wholesalers insist the current margin rate are lower than the break-even point of 8.8 percent, but most of foreign drug makers refused to accept who...