Alba Enters the Medicine Business

Alba Medicamentos aims to create a company to distribute and market pharmaceuticals in Nicaragua, and a regional distribution facility.

Friday, June 8, 2012

Alba Medicamentos plans to create a distributor and marketer of pharmaceutical products, and the installation of a regional center for the collection, storage and distribution of medical supplies.

The initiative aims to lower drug prices for consumers, reported Laprensa.com.ni.

The joint body of ALBA countries formed for purchasing and distributing medicines, Alba Medicamentos, recently held the VI Meeting of the Grand National Drug Regulatory Center Project by Alba, in Managua.

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