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List of pharmacies

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

Australia

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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

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Pharmaprix drugstore in Alma

Online pharmacies

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Defunct chains

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China

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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

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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

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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

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Hong Kong

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India

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Online Pharmacies

Indonesia

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Ireland

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Israel

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A Super-Pharm in Arad, Israel

Macau

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Malaysia

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Online pharmacy

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Mexico

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Netherlands

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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

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Norway

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An Apotek 1 pharmacy in Oslo, Norway

Philippines

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Poland

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Puerto Rico

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Defunct chains

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Singapore

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Sweden

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Switzerland

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Taiwan

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Japan

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Thailand

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United Arab Emirates

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United Kingdom

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Other pharmacies

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

Internet pharmacies

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

United States

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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

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Defunct chains

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Vatican City

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See also

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References

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