Phoenix Pharmahandel
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Mannheim
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, is the largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Germany
Germany
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, and the second largest in Europe
Europe
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with about 20 distribution center
Distribution center
A distribution center for a set of products is a warehouse or other specialized building, often with refrigeration or air conditioning, which is stocked with products to be redistributed to retailers, to wholesalers, or directly to consumers. A distribution center is a principal part, the order...
s across the country delivering drugs to some 12,000 independent pharmacies. Its PHOENIX Documentation is an Internet-based archive offering detailed information on drugs, their components, indications, and effects.
Phoenix Group is majority owner of the pharmaceutical wholesalers Purus A.S. in Czechia and Tamro
Tamro
Tamro is a Finnish wholesaler and retailer of pharmaceuticals and is a subsidiary of the Phoenix Group. It operates wholesale throughout Northern Europe as well as retailing in Norway, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. In Norway it owns Apokjeden which in turn owns the chain Apotek 1, the largest in...
in Finland.
Phoenix Group itself is majority-owned by pharmaceutical conglomerate
Conglomerate (company)
A conglomerate is a combination of two or more corporations engaged in entirely different businesses that fall under one corporate structure , usually involving a parent company and several subsidiaries. Often, a conglomerate is a multi-industry company...
Merckle Group.