Proprietors of pharmacy anxious as business slump drags on

A lengthy period of weak private spending, the main culprit behind last year's disappointing 3.1 percent economic growth, has eroded profits at small and midsized pharmacies due to the widespread trend of OTC's price dumping, market sources said.

The rampant OTC price-cut selling activities of pharmacies lie mainly in the fact that the number of pharmacy dispensing has significantly dwindle...