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List of pharmacies

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

Australia edit

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 Pharmaceuticals and EBOS Group. A minority of pharmacies are owned by friendly societies, particularly in Victoria and South Australia.

Canada edit

 
Pharmaprix drugstore in Alma

Online pharmacies edit

Defunct chains edit

China edit

The key players in the drugstore industry in China are:

  • China Nepstar – Shenzhen-based; China's largest
  • Super-Pharm – Israeli company; had about 65 stores in China as of 2007
  • Watsons – owned by HK-based Hutchison Whampoa

Denmark edit

In Denmark, all pharmacies are owned by the Association of Danish Pharmacies and controlled by the state. There are two pharmaceutically trained groups with a higher education in the Danish pharmacies: pharmaconomists (Danish: farmakonomer) and pharmacists (farmaceuter). There are also pharmacy technicians (defektricer) who have a vocational training and unskilled laborers/workers (servicemedarbejdere) who perform manual labour.

Germany edit

In Germany, pharmacies are known as Apotheken. As in France, they are all independently owned by pharmacists, and as in France, there are no pharmacy chains.

Online pharmacy edit

Hong Kong edit

India edit

Online Pharmacies

Ireland edit

Israel edit

 
A Super-Pharm in Arad, Israel

Macau edit

Malaysia edit

Mexico edit

Netherlands edit

Pharmacies in the Netherlands are mostly independently owned by pharmacists. In 2011, 31% of all pharmacies were part of one of the following chains:[1]

New Zealand edit

Norway edit

 
An Apotek 1 pharmacy in Oslo, Norway

Philippines edit

Poland edit

Puerto Rico edit

Defunct chains edit

Singapore edit

Sweden edit

Switzerland edit

Taiwan edit

Japan edit

Thailand edit

United Arab Emirates edit

United Kingdom edit

Other pharmacies edit

  • Numark – buying group of over 2,000 independently owned pharmacies in the UK

Internet pharmacies edit

  • Pharmacy2U – online mail-order pharmacy located in the UK

United States edit

Many pharmacy chains in the United States are owned and operated by regional supermarket brands, or national big-box store brands such as Walmart. These pharmacies are located within their larger chain stores. The three largest free-standing pharmacy chains in the United States are Walgreens, CVS, and Rite Aid.

Stand-alone pharmacy chains edit

Defunct chains edit

Vatican City edit

See also edit

References edit

 
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  1. ^ "Lichte toename aantal apotheken — SFK Website" (in Dutch). Sfk.nl. Retrieved 2014-01-21.
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