Hermes Pharma Company plans to extend its presence into the territory by opening approximately 130 pharmacies till next year-end, starting from the 54 units in 2004.
With more than 120 pharmacies, A&D Pharma Group is focused on sales increase by 80 percent compared to the previous year, when it reached some 50 million euros.
The company intends to further expand its chain to around 180 pharmacies till year-end.
In addition, Help Net Co. have unveiled similar expansion plans, to reach up to 90 units this year and a sales objective 30 million euro worth, double compared to the level recorded last year.
ACT Media news agency reports that the Group that includes Sensiblu is negotiating the acquisition of pharmacies owned by a competitor, Europharm Holding.
At the same time, Eurofarmacia, part of the Lithuanian VP Market Group, gave up its expansion plans on the Romanian market, closing down its already operational pharmacies. Last year, retail sales of pharmaceuticals amounted at 684.7 million euros, with 30.4 percent more as against 2003, while sales through hospitals stood at 275.9 million euros, according to data provided by Cegedim - Pharma & Hospital Report. Medicines bought on the basis of medical prescriptions represented 535.6 million euros in the retail chain, up 34.7 percent and those without prescription brought revenues of 149.1 million euros, up 17 percent. Out of more than 4,500 pharmacies all over the country, less than 20 percent are grouped under the same brand, the remainder being independent.
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