What is concocted in the labs finds its way to end-users through the local pharmacy.
In Latvia there are around 780 ‘general pharmacies,’ or ‘Aptiekas,’ in Latvian, offering the medicines, pills, compounds - the last ‘deal’ - of this complicated industry machinery. This industry generates strong revenues and profits every year, at every step of the way, from obtaining raw materials to the marketing campaigns that reach the doctors and potential customers.
The current distribution of pharmaciesin Latvia shows that 85 percent of these establishments are in the hands of major buying groups, including Apt…
