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政府价格调控和零售业竞争激化促使企业通过兼并来增强风险抵抗力。7月15日,加拿大最大的食品零售商Loblaw以124亿加元(约合119亿美元)收购加拿大最大的连锁药店运营商启康药房(Shoppers Drug Mart),成了零售业和医药行业的爆炸性新闻。两方面的危机促成了此次收购的一锤定音:一方面是财政紧张的加拿大政府对日益膨胀的医疗支出勒紧裤带使药店连锁前途堪忧;另一方面则是加拿大的杂货零售行业竞争的激烈化态势。价格调控和零售业竞争激化加拿大医药市场位列全球第八,占世界医药市场总量的2%,发展速
Government price controls and the intensification of retail competition have prompted companies to increase their risk resistance through mergers. On July 15, Loblaw, the largest food retailer in Canada, acquired the Shoppers Drug Mart, Canada’s largest chain drugstore, for $ 12.4 billion ($ 11.9 billion), making it an explosive retail and pharmaceutical industry news. Both crises contributed to the final word of this acquisition: on the one hand, the financially-strapped Canadian government worries about the downturn in pharmacy chains with tighter cuffs on expanding medical spending; and on the other hand, fierce competition in the Canadian grocery retailing industry situation. Price regulation and intensified retail competition Canadian pharmaceutical market ranked eighth in the world, accounting for 2% of the total world pharmaceutical market, the development speed