News

March 2010

08.03.2010 Notice of Annual General Meeting of Oriola-KD Corporation 2010 Notice is hereby given to the shareholders of Oriola-KD Corporation of the Annual General Meeting to be held on Wednesday 7 April 2010 from 5 p.m. at Helsinki Fair Centre (address: Helsinki Fair Centre, Congress Wing Entrance, Rautatieläisenkatu 3, 00520 Helsinki). Registration The reception of persons who have registered for the meeting will commence at 3.30 p.m. Coffee is served after the meeting.

February 2010

11.02.2010 Corporate governance statement Oriola-KD Corporation has issued a Corporate Governance Statement prepared in accordance with Recommendation 51 of the Finnish Corporate Governance Code. It is not part of the part of report of Board of Directors.
04.02.2010 Oriola-KD was nominated Logistics Company of the year for 2010 Logistics Company of the year reward was given to Oriola-KD this year. Oriola-KD’s comprehensive adaptation of supply chain solutions and use of available technology were the arguments for the nomination. The nomination was published today on 4th February in Logistics seminar in Finland.

November 2009

09.11.2009 Oriola-KD to pharmacy market in Sweden Kronans Droghandel Retail AB, a company jointly owned by Oriola-KD Corporation and Kooperativa Förbundet (KF), has signed a share purchase agreement with Apoteket AB (publ) on the acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares of Pharmacy Company Sweden 2 AB, a national pharmacy cluster with 171 pharmacies.

August 2009

31.08.2009 Ingar Näsman appointed Quality Director to Kronans Droghandel She has a strong and wide experience of pharmaceutical business. She is responsible for quality operations in Kronans Droghandel including process and routine management.

April 2009

03.04.2009 Printed Annual Report for 2008 has been published Annual Report can be red electronically on our website or can be ordered in printed version by order service.

November 2008

14.11.2008 Lubov Makarova joins Oriola-KD organisation in Moscow

October 2008

01.10.2008 Inese Erdmane appointed Managing Director of SIA Oriola in Latvia Inese Erdmane, MBA, has been appointed Managing Director of SIA Oriola Riga as of 1st October. Inese will be responsible for the Pharmaceutical Wholesale operations in Latvia and will report to Aare Järvelaid, Director of Baltics Pharmaceutical Wholesale.

August 2008

04.08.2008 Cecilia Tufvesson Marlow appointed Vice President, Oriola-KD, Retail, Sweden Cecilia Tufvesson Marlow M.Sc. (Econ.) (b. 1960) has been appointed Vice President, Retail, Oriola-KD Holding AB, as of 4 August 2008. Cecilia will be responsible for running one of Oriola-KD’s key strategic development areas “Development of pharmacy retail in Sweden”. The main objective is to prepare Oriola-KD to market change due to the deregulation of the pharmacy monopoly in Sweden and to organize operations to be ready to run a pharmacy chain in Sweden in 2009. Cecilia will report to Eero Hautaniemi, President and CEO of Oriola-KD Corporation.

January 2008

09.01.2008 Report of deregulation of the Swedish Pharmacy market

February 2007

21.02.2007 Oriola-KD to Divest Home Distribution Business in Sweden
21.02.2007 Financial Statements for 2006
01.02.2007 Oriola-KD to Strengthen its Healthcare Business in Finland
01.02.2007 Oriola-KD to Discontinue Packing Line of Pharmaceuticals in Sweden

January 2007

03.01.2007 Oriola-KD Corporation's address has been changed

December2006

28.12.2006 Oriola-KD to distribute Schering-Plough's Pharmaceuticals in Finland

September 2006

15.09.2006 Oriola-KD to distribute Meda’s pharmaceuticals in Sweden Oriola-KD to distribute Meda’s pharmaceuticals in Sweden

May 2006

30.05.2006 Oriola to acquire healthcare marketing company in Sweden Oriola to acquire healthcare marketing company in Sweden

November 2005

23.11.2005 Paranova chose Oriola as its distribution partner Paranova chose Oriola as its distribution partner
14.11.2005 Oriola expands Estonia operations to retail business Oriola expands Estonia operations to retail business