List of pharmacies

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

Argentina

*Farmacity
*Dr. Ahorro
*Farmacias del Dr. Simi

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.

API brands

*API Health Care Pharmacy
*Chemworld
*Pharmacist Advice
*Priceline Pharmacy
*Soul Pattinson — formerly owned by Washington H. Soul Pattinson & Co. Ltd
*Capital Chemists

igma brands

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

ymbion brands

*Chemmart
*Terry White

Friendly societies

*National Pharmacies

Independent chains

*Capital Chemist
*Pharmacy 777
*Pharmacy Help

Canada

Alberta

*Super Drug Mart - Alberta

Atlantic Canada

*Lawtons — based in Atlantic Canada
*Pharmasave

British Columbia

*Abbott Pharmacy — online branch of a small Vancouver-based pharmacy chain
*London Drugs — mainly British Columbia
*Pharmasave

Manitoba

*Pharmasave
*London Drugs
*Alentex Pharmacy
*Andrews Jack Pharmacy
*Cantrust Rx

Ontario

*Axis Drugs — small chain in Ontario
*Dell Pharmacy
*Pharmasave
*Hy & Zels/Pharmacy 1 - based in southern Ontario, chain founded in 1963 and folded 2008; some stores re-opened as Pharmacy 1

Quebec

*Brunet
*Familiprix — Quebec
*Jean Coutu
*Proxim (merger of Essaim and Santé Services)
*Uniprix
*Pharmaprix

In more than two provinces

*DRUGStore Pharmacy
*Guardian
*Herbie's for Drug and Food
*I.D.A.
*Medicine Shoppe
*Payless for Drug and Food
*Pharma Plus
*Rexall
*Shoppers Drug Mart/Pharmaprix
*Pharmasave

Chile

70 % marketshare following three chains:
* [http://www.cruzverde.cl/ Farmacias Cruz Verde.] largest retail pharmacy chain in Chile
* [http://www.farmaciasahumada.cl/ FASA] with operations in Mexico and Perú. largest retail pharmacy chain in Latin America.
* [http://www.salcobrand.cl/ SALCO]

China

* Nepstar
* SuperPharm
* Watsons

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:
* [http://www.a-apoteket.dk/ A-apoteket]
* [http://www.apotekeren.dk/ Apotekeren A.m.b.a.]
* [http://www.apotekernes.dk/Default.asp?Action=Details&Item=311 Apotekernes A.m.b.a.]
* [http://www.ditapotek.dk/dk/index_dk.htm ditapotek A.m.b.a.]
* [http://www.apotekerforeningen.dk/default.asp?cat=2&ID=114 Pharma+]

France

In France, pharmacies are all independently-owned by pharmacists. By law, a pharmacist can possess up to three pharmacies maximum.

Germany

Germany is the biggest pharmacy market in Europe with €35 billion, or $46 billion, of revenue each year. In Germany, pharmacies are known as "Apotheken". Like France, they are all independently-owned by pharmacists, and like France, there are no pharmacy chains. In hindsight to consumer protection, German law bans chains of Apotheken, but generally allows self- employed pharmacists to individually operate a maximum of four outlets, all of which must be in close proximity.

Other types of retailing are strongly opposed to offer the same types of services as an Apotheke. These retailers would 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. Traditionally in Germany, drugs were not discountable and the entire trade with pharmacuticals was limited to the single channel of the Apotheke. In 2004 however, the health care reform law GMG allowed free pricing of OTC- products. This led to a significant decrease of OTC- prices in competitive areas. Internet and mail-order purchasing of drugs has also become an attractive alternative, which accounts for about 5% of german pharmacutical trade.

Online- pharmacy DocMorris has been introducing the first, licence based pharmacy chain model in Germany in 2007. Alongside their brand, they are offering standardized services in their pharmacies, whilst they do not operate or own them. They also offer discounted OTC products. Besides this model, german pharmacies are for the most part organized in wholesaler- based cooperations like LINDA, gesund leben, Meine Apotheke or Vivesco. These cooperations are offering discounts in purchasing and support e.g. in Marketing.

DocMorris CEO Ralf Daeinghaus claims the German system to be monopolistic because government sets the profit margin that drug makers, wholesalers and pharmacists are allowed to make, resulting in stronlgy invariant price levels at all traditional outlets- even though most of the 21,500 pharmacies in the country are run independently. Traditional German pharmacists respond that a strategy of generally discounting pharmacuticals may push people to use more drugs and would be against the general principles of health and customer protection. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/04/16/bloomberg/bxdrug.php German entrepreneur fights regulations to build pharmacy chain - International Herald Tribune ] ]

Hong Kong

*Watsons
*Mannings

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.

* [http://www.internationaldrugmart.com/ International Drug Mart.] major pharmacy based in Chennai

Indonesia

* Watsons

Israel

* SuperPharm

Kuwait

*Care Pharmacy
* Care Pharmacy, the largest retail pharmacy chain in Kuwait, A subsidiary of Ali Abdulwahab Sons & Co.

* [http://www.aaw.com/ Ali Abdulwahab Sons & Co.

Japan

*MatsumotoKiyoshi

Macau

* Watsons

Malaysia

*Guardian, largest retail pharmacy chain in Malaysia
*Watsons

New Zealand

*Amcal
*Life Pharmacy (see Beauty Direct)
*Unichem

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.

Norway

*Apotek 1
*Vitusapotek
*Alliance Apotek
*Ditt Apotek
*Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
*Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
*Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
*Northern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust

Philippines

*Mercury Drug
*South Star Drug
*Watsons
* Rose Pharmacy
* Manson Drug
* MedExpress

Specialty Pharmacies:
* General Nutrition Centers (GNC)
* Healthy Options

Poland

* SuperPharm

ingapore

*Guardian Health & Beauty
*NTUC Healthcare Unity
*Watsons

outh Korea

* Watsons

weden

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

Taiwan

* Watsons

Thailand

* Watsons

United Kingdom

Pharmacy-led chains

*Alliance Boots — has over 2,500 stores:
**Boots the Chemists
**Alliance Unichem — merged on 31 July 2006 with Boots the Chemists, to form Alliance Boots - had just under 1,000 stores
***Moss Pharmacy — acquired by Alliance UniChem in 2005 and rebranded to "Alliance Pharmacy"
*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

upermarket 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. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/7274453.stm BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Supermarket starts store GP pilot ] ]
*Tesco
*Morrisons

United States

Pharmacy chains

*Arbor Drugs (acquired by CVS in 1998)
*Bartell Drugs
*Brooks Pharmacy (acquired by Rite Aid in 2007)
*CVS
*Dakota Drug
*Duane Reade
*Eaton Apothecary
*Eckerd (acquired by Rite Aid on June 4 2007)
*Family Pharmacy
*Good Neighbor Pharmacy
*Health Mart
*IDL Drug Stores
*Kerr Drug
*Jean Coutu
*Jim Cash Pharmacy
*Kinney Drugs
*Leader Drug Stores
*Longs Drug Stores (announced on 13 August 2008 to be bought by CVS)
*Medicine Shoppe Pharmacy
*Osco Drug (freestanding stores acquired by and converted to CVS in 2006)
*Rexall
*Rite Aid
*Sav-on (freestanding stores acquired by and converted to CVS in 2006)
*Snyder Drug
*United Drugs
*Valu-Rite
*Walgreens

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:
*Publix
*Kmart
*Meijer
*Giant Food of Landover, Maryland
*Kroger
*Safeway Inc.
*Winn-Dixie

Vatican City

*Vatican Pharmacy

Venezuela

*Farmatodo
*Locatel
*Farmahorro
*Farmaofertas
*Ecofarma

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