A&D Pharma’s drugstore network Sensiblu is expected to register slightly higher turnover in 2013.
“Sensiblu will nevertheless continue to register loss this year,” Popescu added.
Mediplus is leader on the local medicine distribution market with turnover of 3.14 billion lei (EUR706 million) in 2012, up 16.5% on the year, and 12% higher profit, of RON63 million.
Sensiblu registered gross loss of RON63.5 million in 2012, versus net profit of RON1.16 million in 2011. On the other hand, its turnover rose 18.4% last year to about RON1.1 billion.
Sensiblu expanded its network by roughly 15 drugstores this year, from about 400 units in 2012.
A&D Pharma bought 90 City Pharma drugstores last year.
The group is controlled by businesspeople Walid Abboud, Roger Akoury, Ludovic Robert and Michel Eid. (EUR1=RON4.437)