wholesale mark-up
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- The wholesale mark-up is the percentage added by the wholesaler or Central Medical Stores to cover overhead costs. These costs encompass overhead expenses such as rent, security, electricity, staff salaries and loss. In some situations, it includes costs to transport medicines to retailers. In the private sector, the markup also includes a profit margin; in the public and mission sector, the margin can provide capital for future investment or cover unforeseen increases in costs (e.g. inflation or devaluation). If the medicines move through more than one wholesaler on their way to the patient, multiple wholesale mark-ups might be levied. This tends to happen as medicines move from central, urban areas to more rural ones.
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