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The Mercury Drug Corporation, better known as Mercury Drug, is a Filipino pharmacy chain. A subsidiary of the Mercury Group of Companies, it is headquartered in Bagumbayan, Quezon City . [ 5 ] The chain was founded in Santa Cruz, Manila in 1945, [ 1 ] making it the second oldest drugstore chain in the Philippines after Southstar Drug by eight ...
Osco Drug (freestanding stores acquired by and converted to CVS in 2006) Pay 'n Save (acquired by Thirfty Corp. in 1988, rebranded as PayLess Drug) PayLess Drug Stores (purchased by Rite Aid in 1996) Peoples Drug (acquired by CVS in 1990; rebranded in 1994) Perry Drug Stores (acquired by Rite Aid in 1995) Phar-Mor (bankrupt in 2002)
Southstar Drug is a chain of drugstores in the Philippines. [1] It was established in 1937 as a small business venture engaged in the retail of Chinese herbal medicines , located in Naga , Camarines Sur , and is the oldest operating drugstore in the Philippines . [ 2 ]
Watsons personal care stores were subsequently opened in Malaysia (1994), Thailand (1996), and a revival in the Philippines (2002) after 92 years. [5] [13] The first Watsons store in Indonesia opened on 13 January 2006 in Jakarta. [14] In 2019, Watsons reached 7,800 stores and expanded to Vietnam, the 13th operating market of Watsons. [15]
A pharmacy (also called drugstore in American English or community pharmacy or chemist in Commonwealth English) is a premises which provides pharmaceutical drugs, among other products. At the pharmacy, a pharmacist oversees the fulfillment of medical prescriptions and is available to counsel patients about prescription and over-the-counter ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) of the Philippines, formerly the Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD / ˈ b iː f æ d /; 1982–2009), is a health regulatory agency under the Department of Health created on 1963 by Republic Act No. 3720, amended on 1987 by Executive Order 175 otherwise known as the "Food, Drugs and Devices, and Cosmetics Act", and subsequently reorganized by Republic Act No ...
Drug Trade name Type Main indications Company Sales (USD millions/year) ∆ vs 2014 1 Adalimumab: Humira Biologic Rheumatoid arthritis: AbbVie Inc. 14,012 1,469 2 Ledipasvir/sofosbuvir: Harvoni Small molecule Hepatitis C: Gilead Sciences: 13,864 11,737 3 Etanercept: Enbrel Biologic Rheumatoid arthritis: Amgen. Pfizer. 8,697 4,009 4 Infliximab ...