WHOLESALER/RETAILER, WHOLESALER/MANUFACTURER AFFILIATIONS
Executive Summary
WHOLESALER/RETAILER, WHOLESALER/MANUFACTURER AFFILIATIONS would not preclude Marion Merrell Dow doing business with the new entities, the company's senior management indicated in comments to a recent meeting of wholesale drug industry executives. Asked several times how MMD would respond to agreements between wholesalers up or down the vertical chain of distribution, MMD execs declared their intent to make MMD products as widely available as possible -- without distinction to ownership of the distribution channels.