Wholesalers to toughen stance on distribution margins

The Korea Pharmaceutical Wholesaler Association (KPWA) said Tuesday it will have a meeting today with Bayer Korea over wholesalers’ profit margins amid the situation where local wholesales have vowed no let-up in its fierce pressure on drug firms to formally accept the break-even rate of 8.8 percent as their distribution margins.

In a today’s meeting with Bayer Korea executives, the KPWA pre...