Ranking of largest drug distributors in Romania
Nearly 40 drug distributors are active on the Romanian market, with the biggest one, Mediplus, holding a 19.27% share of the retail market (distribution to drugstores), according to data in Ropharma's prospectus for admission to trading.
"The wholesale of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical products
is a competitive market, which includes several economic operators
with varying market shares, the most important of which are
Mediplus, Farmexpert, Fildas, Relad, Farmexim, Polisano, ADM Farm
and Europharm DistribuĊ£ie," reads the report.
Drug distributors are considered to be the biggest players on this
market, boasting much higher turnovers than those of drug
manufacturers. Most distributors work with several manufacturers,
but there are also distributors controlled by manufacturers, such
as is the case of the special divisions of Sindan and
Terapia.
Over time, the shareholders behind distributors have developed
their own drugstore chains. Sensiblu is part of the A&D Pharma
group, which also includes Mediplus, Catena is held by Anca Vlad,
who also controls Fildas, and Help Net is part of the Farmexim
group.