Shortage of medicines: pharmaceutical wholesalers: "If China stopped supplying us with medicines, it would be a real disaster"

Mr.

Shortage of medicines: pharmaceutical wholesalers: "If China stopped supplying us with medicines, it would be a real disaster"

Mr. Kuck, you are CEO of the pharmaceutical wholesaler Noweda. Your cooperative supplies over 8,000 pharmacies in Germany. Which medicines are particularly scarce at the moment? We have a large number of defects. That's what we call it when we can't fulfill orders. Among the top 20 are mainly fever reducers and painkillers, but also medicines for colds. We could sell 430,000 packs of fever juice if we had them. Normally we have at least the requirements for the next 14 days in stock. We are legally obliged to do this. The fact that we can't deliver so much now is the ultimate catastrophe. Quite apart from the fates behind it.

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