Nearly 40 drug distributors are active on the Romanian market,with the biggest one, Mediplus, holding a 19.27% share of theretail market (distribution to drugstores), according to data inRopharma's prospectus for admission to trading.
"The wholesale of pharmaceutical and parapharmaceutical productsis a competitive market, which includes several economic operatorswith varying market shares, the most important of which areMediplus, Farmexpert, Fildas, Relad, Farmexim, Polisano, ADM Farmand Europharm Distribuţie," reads the report.
Drug distributors are considered to be the biggest players on thismarket, boasting much higher turnovers than those of drugmanufacturers. Most distributors work with several manufacturers,but there are also distributors controlled by manufacturers, suchas is the case of the special divisions of Sindan andTerapia.
Over time, the shareholders behind distributors have developedtheir own drugstore chains. Sensiblu is part of the A&D Pharmagroup, which also includes Mediplus, Catena is held by Anca Vlad,who also controls Fildas, and Help Net is part of the Farmeximgroup.
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