ERKAPHARM North-West intends to buy six pharmaceutical companies
On August 1, LLC ERKAPHARM North-West, which is part of the Erkapharm Group of Companies (owner of the pharmacy chains Stoletov and Ozerki), filed with the Federal Antimonopoly Service of Russia a number of applications to obtain the preliminary consent of the antimonopoly authority for the acquisition of 100% shares in several companies, among which:
The share of direct contracts between manufacturers and pharmacies in 2017 was about 5%
The retail pharmacy market for the first seven months of 2017 amounted to 633 billion rubles in the final consumer prices.