List of pharmacies

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This article is a list of major pharmacies (also known as chemists and drugstores) by country.

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[edit] Argentina

  • Farmacity
  • Dr. Ahorro


[edit] Australia

Pharmacies in Australia are mostly independently-owned by pharmacists, often operated as franchises of retail brands offered by the three major pharmaceutical wholesalers in Australia — Australian Pharmaceutical Industries (API), Sigma Company, and Symbion Health. A minority of pharmacies are owned by friendly societies, particularly in Victoria and South Australia.

[edit] API brands

[edit] Sigma brands

  • Amcal — formerly the Allied Master Chemists of Australia Limited
  • Amcal Max
  • Guardian

[edit] Symbion brands

  • Chemmart
  • Terry White

[edit] Friendly societies

  • National Pharmacies

[edit] Independent chains

  • Capital Chemist
  • Pharmacy 777
  • Pharmacy Help

[edit] Canada

[edit] Alberta

[edit] Atlantic Canada

[edit] British Columbia

[edit] Manitoba

[edit] Ontario

[edit] Quebec

[edit] In more than two provinces

[edit] Chile

70 % marketshare following three chains:

  • Farmacias Cruz Verde.largest retail pharmacy chain in Chile
  • FASAwith operations in Mexico and Perú. largest retail pharmacy chain in Latin America.
  • SALCO

[edit] China

[edit] Denmark

In Denmark, all pharmacies are owned by The Danish Pharmaceutical Association and controlled by the state. There are two pharmaceutically-trained groups in the Danish pharmacies: pharmaconomists and pharmacists.

Every single pharmacy in Denmark belongs to one of the following five chains:

[edit] France

In France, pharmacies are all independently-owned by pharmacists. By law, a pharmacist can possess up to three pharmacies maximum. There are no pharmacy chains, and because pharmacists are strongly attached to the independence of their profession they are strongly opposed to the opening of the majority of pharmacy capital to non-pharmacists. Studies all over the world prove that this system gives the more security for patients. All medicines are sold in pharmacies, never in hypermarket. Pharmacist collects every information from patients medicines consumption even for OTC for reducing interaction and drug misuses. It is proven by comparaison with other European countries that this system is not more expensive than the others by reducing the cost for French society of medicines adverse effects.

[edit] Germany

In Germany, pharmacies are known as Apotheker. Like France, they are all independently-owned by pharmacists, and like France, there are no pharmacy chains. German law bans chains of Apotheker. German law allows pharmacists to operate a maximum of four outlets, all of which must be in close proximity. Only individual pharmacists can own the stores.

Pharmacists are strongly opposed to allowing other types of retailing to offer the same types of services as an Apotheker. They argue that these retailers do not have the necessary expertise to provide proper patient care, although this has been disproven throughout the United States, Canada, the UK and elsewhere where pharmacy chains provide trained pharmacists to run their pharmacy counters. However, internet and mail-order purchasing of drugs has become an attractive alternative. Traditionally in Germany, drugs are not discounted and people need to go to a registered pharmacist to buy over-the-counter medicines like aspirin. Ralf Däinghaus of DocMorris has drawn the wrath of the pharmacy lobby by is building the first pharmacy chain in Germany by offering discounts in a country where people are not used to comparing drug prices. Däinghaus says the German system is monopolistic because the government sets the profit margin that drug makers, wholesalers and pharmacists are allowed to make, meaning that medicines cost about the same at all traditional outlets, even though most of the 21,500 pharmacies in the country are run independently. Traditional German pharmacists says his strategy may push people to use more drugs. Germany is the biggest pharmacy market in Europe with €35 billion, or $46 billion, of revenue each year.[1]

[edit] Hong Kong

[edit] India

India is noted for having among the lowest drug prices in the world, since the Indian government controls drug prices for consumers, many of which have low incomes. Several of the world's largest pharmaceutical companies, including Pfizer, Wyeth, Ranbaxy, GlaxoSmithKline and many more, have manufacturing facilities in India, and drugs made there are often exported to other international markets for sale there.

[edit] Japan

  • MatsumotoKiyoshi

[edit] Malaysia

[edit] New Zealand

The majority of the above pharmacies are franchises. However, recent legislation has opened pharmacy ownership in New Zealand to individuals and companies other than pharmacists. New foreign groups are beginning to enter the market. The most established new group is Radius Pharmacy, part of the Radius Health Group. However, in order to retain their 'professionalism', pharmacists must still own a fraction of the store. Independent pharmacies are also common in New Zealand. New Zealand has active pharmacy guild and pharmaceutical society membership.

[edit] Norway

[edit] Philippines

Specialty Pharmacies:

  • General Nutrition Centers (GNC)
  • Healthy Options

[edit] Singapore

  • Guardian Health & Beauty
  • NTUC Healthcare Unity
  • Watsons

[edit] Sweden

In Sweden, the state-owned Apoteket is the only pharmacy.

[edit] United Kingdom

[edit] Pharmacy-led chains

  • Alliance Boots — has over 2,500 stores:
  • Co-op Pharmacy — has more than 360 branches in the UK
  • Lloydspharmacy — owned by Celesio (until 2003 named GEHE), has over 1,600 pharmacies in the UK
  • Numark — chain of independent pharmacies with over 1,700 outlets in the UK
  • Superdrug — has over 225 in-store pharmacies in the UK

[edit] Supermarket chains

  • Asda — has more than 100 in-store pharmacies in the UK
  • Sainsbury's - Hundreds of stores have in-store pharmacies, including consulting rooms. Sainsbury's is the first supermarket in the UK to start having GP's working in their pharmacies as part of smaller doctor surgeries.[2]
  • Tesco
  • Morrisons

[edit] United States

[edit] Pharmacy chains

[edit] Pharmacies in other stores

Wal-Mart and Target feature pharmacies in nearly all of their stores.

In addition, in many areas supermarkets have pharmacies. Some of these include:

[edit] Vatican City

[edit] Venezuela

  • Farmatodo
  • Locatel
  • Farmahorro
  • Farmaofertas
  • Ecofarma

[edit] References

  1. ^ German entrepreneur fights regulations to build pharmacy chain - International Herald Tribune
  2. ^ BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Supermarket starts store GP pilot