Asoprofarma Cooperativa de Provisión Limitada

What Asoprofarma Cooperativa de Provisión Limitada does

Asoprofarma Cooperativa de Provisión Limitada is an Argentine cooperative founded in June 1952 by approximately twenty pharmacy owners from General San Martín and Villa Ballester in Buenos Aires Province. It operates as a purchasing and distribution cooperative serving independent pharmacy proprietors, aggregating member demand to negotiate procurement terms with pharmaceutical laboratories and distributors. The organization has 87 employees and is owned and governed by its member pharmacies under the cooperative model, with no external parent, private equity, or institutional investor ownership disclosed. Leadership transitioned following the death of President Marta in January 2023, with a new Board of Directors elected at the Ordinary General Assembly on April 30, 2024.

The cooperative's service offering centers on three operational pillars: direct pharmaceutical supply and distribution to member pharmacies, a monthly digital promotional magazine (Revista de Ofertas, currently at issue Nro 98 for July 2026) that surfaces laboratory and distributor deals, and a secure member portal (id.asoprofarma.com.ar) for authenticated access to cooperative services. Technology infrastructure is intentionally lean: no proprietary platform is disclosed, with the portal hosted internally and the magazine distributed through third-party flipbook platforms (dpmedia360.com, online.fliphtml5.com). The cooperative maintains GLN (Global Location Number) codes for pharmaceutical traceability compliance under ANMAT regulations and Buenos Aires Province Resolution N° 4452/2015.

Revenue mechanics are not publicly disclosed; pricing and member terms are communicated through private member channels. The business model is a classic cooperative purchasing arrangement: members pay contributions or accept terms in exchange for access to aggregated supply arrangements and promotional offers. The organization operates exclusively within Argentina, with operational anchoring in General San Martín and Villa Ballester, and is governed by a Consejo de Administración elected by the member assembly. There are no disclosed subsidiaries, partnerships, patents, trademarks, or external funding events.

Name

Asoprofarma Cooperativa de Provisión Limitada

Legal name

Asociación de Propietarios de Farmacias Cooperativa de Provisión Limitada

Website

https://asoprofarma.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1952

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Asoprofarma is an Argentine pharmacy-owners' cooperative founded in 1952 that provides pharmaceutical supply, distribution, and cooperative purchasing services to independent pharmacy members in Buenos Aires Province through a member portal and monthly digital offer magazine.

Ownership category

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GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

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Core offering

Asoprofarma is a pharmaceutical-supply cooperative that provides collective procurement and distribution of drug and pharmacy products to its member independent pharmacy owners in Argentina. It operates a member portal for ordering and traceability-coded logistics and publishes a monthly digital promotional magazine (Revista Asoprofarma) consolidating offers for member pharmacies.

Product overview

Asoprofarma is a pharmacy owners' cooperative providing supply and distribution services to its members. The organization operates a digital member portal for authenticated access and publishes a monthly promotional magazine (Revista Asoprofarma) featuring pharmaceutical offers. The cooperative also maintains traceability systems for pharmaceutical distribution compliance.

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Products and services

• Pharmaceutical Supply and Distribution Services Centralized procurement and distribution of pharmaceutical and pharmacy products to member independent pharmacies in Argentina, with products identified using GLN traceability codes.
• Member Online Portal Online portal (id.asoprofarma.com.ar) provided to member pharmacies for accessing cooperative services, ordering and traceability-coded identification of pharmaceutical products.
• Revista Asoprofarma (Monthly Digital Promotional Magazine) Monthly digital magazine distributed to member pharmacies presenting consolidated supplier offers and product availability for cooperative procurement.

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Technology focussed No

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Recent moves6 records

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Broad incumbents

• Farmacity: Argentina's largest pharmacy retail chain. Overlaps with Asoprofarma in serving Argentine pharmacy customers but is a vertically integrated retailer rather than a wholesale cooperative, representing a different go-to-market model.
• Dr. Ahorro: Argentine pharmacy chain operating across multiple provinces. Comparable customer base (Argentine pharmacy consumers) but competes as a retailer rather than serving independents through cooperative distribution like Asoprofarma.

Others

• Gador: Argentine pharmaceutical laboratory. Functions as a supplier counterpart to Asoprofarma in the drug distribution chain, providing products that the cooperative channels to its member pharmacy network.
• ROEMMERS: Leading Argentine pharmaceutical laboratory that manufactures and distributes drugs. Comparable as a supply-chain counterpart: Asoprofarma purchases from laboratories like Roemmers to supply its member pharmacies.

Direct peers

• Droguería Barracas: Argentine pharmaceutical wholesaler headquartered in Buenos Aires, supplying independent pharmacies with drug and sundry products. Comparable to Asoprofarma in serving Buenos Aires-area independent pharmacies through wholesale distribution.
• Droguería del Sud: One of Argentina's largest pharmaceutical wholesalers, distributing drugs and drugstore products to pharmacies nationwide. Directly comparable to Asoprofarma as a wholesale distributor serving Argentine pharmacies, though operating at much larger scale and broader geography.
• Droguería de la Estrella: Argentine pharmaceutical distribution company supplying pharmacies across multiple provinces. Operates in the same wholesale drugs and druggists' sundries category as Asoprofarma, serving independent pharmacy customers.
• Droguería Americana: Established Argentine drug wholesaler distributing pharmaceutical products to retail pharmacies. Comparable to Asoprofarma as a B2B pharmaceutical distributor targeting the independent pharmacy channel in Argentina.
• ASOPROFARMA Confederación: Reference to affiliated Argentine pharmacy-owner cooperatives that share Asoprofarma's cooperative wholesale model. These cooperatives pool independent pharmacy demand for collective purchasing of pharmaceuticals.
• Federación Farmacéutica Argentina (FEFARA): Federation of Argentine pharmaceutical cooperatives that provides wholesale supply and representation services to member pharmacy cooperatives. Directly comparable cooperative-pharmacy model, though operating as a second-tier federation rather than a single local cooperative.

Market position

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Key risks5 records

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