“The competition authority evaluated this operation in terms of compatibility with a normal competitive environment and potential anticompetitive effects and found it did not pose any significant obstacles for competition and there were no serious doubts about compatibility with a competitive environment,” Competition Council officials say.
Optifarm is held by brothers Bogdan and Cristian Vodislav, who own equal shares in it, according to financial analysis platform confidas.ro
The first Optifarm pharmacy opened in Targu Jiu in 2009. The business has expanded ever since in Gorj County, Bucharest and Hunedoara and now numbers 23 pharmacies.
Optifarm posted RON66.2 million revenue in 2020, an increase of 35% on 2019, while profit rose by 83% to RON4.8 million.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)