What does Sinopharm do?

Sinopharm Group moves medicines and medical equipment from manufacturers to hospitals, clinics, pharmacies and other distributors across China. It also runs and franchises a network of retail drugstores. Smaller businesses include lab supplies, chemical reagents and some drug manufacturing.

Healthcare · Medical Distribution · 1099.HK

What Sinopharm Does & How It Makes Money (1099.HK)

Updated October 2026 · reflects Sinopharm's latest reported financials

China's large-scale wholesaler and retailer of medicines and medical devices. It earns most of its revenue from the margin on distributing pharmaceuticals and medical devices, plus fees for logistics, installation, maintenance and other value-added services.

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How Sinopharm makes money

It earns most of its revenue from the margin on distributing pharmaceuticals and medical devices, plus fees for logistics, installation, maintenance and other value-added services. It also makes money from retail drugstore sales and franchising, and from selling reagents, lab supplies and manufactured drugs.

What Sinopharm does

Sinopharm Group, founded in 2003 and headquartered in Shanghai, is a pharmaceutical and healthcare distributor in China and a subsidiary of Sinopharm Industrial Investment. Its core Pharmaceutical Distribution segment supplies drugs to hospitals, other distributors, retail pharmacies and clinics. It also provides logistics and other value-added services to domestic and international drug makers and suppliers. Beyond drugs, the company distributes medical devices and provides installation and maintenance services. It also operates and franchises a retail drugstore network. Its Other Business segment covers laboratory supplies, chemical reagent manufacturing and distribution, and pharmaceutical production, along with smaller consulting, IT, property and import-export activities.

Products & services

Pharmaceutical distribution to hospitals and pharmacies
Medical device distribution, installation and maintenance
Retail and franchised drugstore network
Pharmaceutical logistics and value-added services for manufacturers
Laboratory supplies and chemical reagents
Chinese herbal medicines, antibiotics and biological products distribution

What is Sinopharm worth?

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