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Vietnam: Regulator mulls paradox in structure of pharma market

By  |  June 24, 2013

The Viet Nam Competition Authority eyed the nation’s pharmaceutical sector at a recent conference, where the regulator addressed the seeming paradox of a low concentration rate but increasing pharmaceutical companies. Reports say the head of the regulator’s Competition Supervision and Management Department spoke about the troublesome pattern of rising prices in the industry, despite the fact that there are nine times more distributors of pharmaceuticals than there are producers – a figure that implies a low concentration rate, usually associated with high competition and lower prices. Tran Phuong Lan stated that merger and acquisition activity could potentially increase competition by allowing foreign rivals into the market.

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