PHOENIX Pharmahandel Aktiengesellschaft & Co KG (PHOENIX Group) is the largest pharmaceutical wholesaler in Germany and the second largest in Europe with about 152 distribution centers across the country delivering drugs to some 12.000 independent pharmacies. Its PHOENIX Documentation is an Internet-based archive offering detailed information on drugs and their components, indications, and effects. Their holding company PHOENIX International Beteiligungs GmbH. Phoenix Group is majority owner of the pharmaceutical wholesalers Purus A.S. in the Czech Republic and Tamro in Finland. Phoenix Group itself is majority-owned by pharmaceutical conglomerate Merckle Group.