Pharmaceutical firm Prosper to acquire Cefarm Bialystok

The authorities of Bialystok voivodship have chosen Prosper as the strategic investor for Cefarm Bialystok. The decision must be accepted by Treasury Minister Emil Wasacz possibly causing several months delay. Warsaw-based Prosper became the second largest pharmaceutical warehouse in Poland after it took over Cefarm Krakow last year giving it control of 9-10% of the market. Other candidates to become a strategic investor in Cefarm Bialystok, which holds 2% of the market, include PGF, Orfe and Farmacolem. Among future targets of expansion Prosper mentions Cefarm Warszawa, Cefarm Kielce, and Cefarm Wroclaw. (Gazeta Wyborcza, page 30) E.B.