Alliance Unichem Plc - AUN- Profile

Alliance UniChem PLC. The Group's principal activity is wholesaling and retailing pharmaceutical, medical and healthcare products. The Group has a distribution network, which includes 300 warehouses, each carrying up to 25,000 product lines. The Group's wholesaling division provides customers, manufacturers and payers with a distribution service for the supply of medicines and other healthcare products to pharmacies and supported by value added services. The Group's retailing division provides patient care through the operation of community pharmacies by conveniently locating pharmacies close to doctor's surgeries. The Group operates in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Czech Republic, Norway, France, Italy, Spain and Luxembourg. Wholesale accounted for 87% of 2005 revenues and Retail, 13%