Unipharma Prievidza 1 slovenska Lekarnicka

UNIPHARMA was established by RNDr. Tomislav Jurik, CSc. in 1992 with the vision to create a commercial pharmaceutical distribution company with the participation of pharmacy owners in Slovakia. The company was initially run from rented premises in the village of Koice (1992-1995) near Prievidza. Since the very beginning as a rather small company, Unipharma succeeded in meeting pharmacies' daily orders and excelled against competitors which managed to deliver goods only at longer intervals. The quality of assortments and services, flexibility and distribution speed have always been the company's qualities. As the company expands its businesses, Unipharma moved to Prievidza (1994-1999) and eventually, in 1999, to its own administrative and distribution center in Bojnice. The company was distributing goods also from rented premises in Bratislava from 1995 to 2002 and in Preov from 1995 to 2004. Subsequently, the branch offices moved to owned premises: the new branch in Bratislava opened in 2002 and two years later in 2004 in Preov. 1995 was a turning point in the company's history. It was the year when the company became a nationwide distributor and was able to fulfill the vision established since Unipharma's inception allowing Slovak pharmacists to engage in the pharmaceutical distribution processes. The best way to achieve this was to transform the company into a public limited corporation and offer pharmacists, who are also Unipharma's clients, its shares. The pharmacists eventually comprised the majority share ownership in the company that has become their trustful partner and a key player in the pharmacy industry in Slovakia. In 2008 UNIPHARMA opened Uniklinika (Cardinal Corec's Medical and Diagnostic Centre) in Prievidza. It is a unique clinic with modern facilities meeting European Union standards which provide healthcare not only to people from the Upper Nitra Region but also for patients from other parts of Slovakia and from abroad. The principal activity of the business is drug distribution to all pharmacies and health care institutions nationwide, shipped from its modern commercial and distribution centers in Bojnice, Bratislava and Preov and from a logistics center in Nové Zámky by its staffs working in a three-shift system. The company's business portfolio expanded when it builds Uniklinika in Prievidza as it becomes involved in another way to improve the quality of healthcare in Slovakia.