List of pharmacies:
This article is a list of major pharmacies (also known as chemists and drugstores) by country.
[edit] Argentina
[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
[edit] Symbion brands
[edit] Friendly societies
[edit] Independent chains
[edit] Canada
[edit] Alberta
[edit] Atlantic Canada
[edit] British Columbia
[edit] Manitoba
[edit] Ontario
[edit] Quebec
[edit] In more than two provinces
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
The key players in the drugstore industry in China are [1]:
- China Nepstar, Shenzhen-based - China's largest
- SuperPharm, Israeli company has about 65 stores in China, as of 2007
- Watsons, owned HK-based Hutchison Whampoa
- Shenzhen Accord Pharmacy Co., Ltd.
- Shenzhen Associate Pharmacy Co., Ltd.
- Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Company
- Jianmin Chain Drugstore
- Guangzhou Caizhilin Chain Drugstore
- Liaoning Chengda Co., Ltd.
- Hangzhou Wulin Drugstore Co., Ltd.
- Ningbo Siming Dayaofang Co., Ltd.
- Hunan Laobaixing Big Drugstore Chain Co., Ltd.
- Hunan Zhilin Medicine (Group) Co., Ltd.
- Hubei Ready Medicine Industry Co., Ltd.
- Chongqing Tongjunge Big Drugstore Chain Co., Ltd.
- Shanghai Huashi Pharmacy Co., Ltd.
- Beijing Golden Elephant Pharmacy Chain Co., Ltd.
[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.
[edit] 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. [1]
[edit] Hong Kong
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] Indonesia
[edit] Israel
[edit] Kuwait
[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
- Mercury Drug
- South Star Drug
- Watsons
- Rose Pharmacy
- Manson Drug
- Dalph * Pharmacy owned by Ms. Pharasee Lou F. Dimaano located at Pinamalayan, Oriental Mindoro / Distributor of Goldshine Pharmaceutical (Jimm's Coffee) / dalph_pharma@yahoo.com.ph
- MedExpress
- Megalife Drugstore
Specialty Pharmacies:
- General Nutrition Centers (GNC)
- Healthy Options
[edit] Poland
[edit] Singapore
[edit] South Korea
[edit] Sweden
In Sweden, the state-owned Apoteket is the only pharmacy.
[edit] Taiwan
[edit] Thailand
[edit] United Kingdom
[edit] Pharmacy-led chains
[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
[edit] References
- ^ German entrepreneur fights regulations to build pharmacy chain - International Herald Tribune
- ^ BBC NEWS | England | Manchester | Supermarket starts store GP pilot
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