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pharmacy

[fahr-muh-see] / ˈfɑr mə si /
NOUN
drugstore
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Claire Colligan, NHS Forth Valley's associate director of pharmacy for primary and community care, says the board wants to expand the programme but needs to ensure it is manageable.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Irvine, a pharmacy manager in Belfast, said much of the time with HRT medications, women often become comfortable with a particular brand.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

Revenue for Optum, its pharmacy benefit manager and medical provider, came in lower than the FactSet estimate; however, its third-quarter revenue was largely driven by a steady performance from UnitedHealthcare, its health-insurance business.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 13, 2026

The Weston family’s holding company, Wittington Investments, agreed to buy U.K. pharmacy Boots from Sycamore Partners for $8.9 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

This store is more than just a pharmacy.

From "American Street" by Ibi Zoboi

Today, it offers a wide range of health and wellbeing services as well as prescriptions and vaccinations through its in-store pharmacies.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026

Compounding pharmacies are pharmacies, you can’t get a drug without a prescription, certainly not a sterile injectable drug.

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

Some states have since turned to compounding pharmacies, which make customized, non-FDA-approved versions of prescription medicines.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

This could include supermarkets, high street shops, restaurants, pharmacies, petrol stations and garden centres.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“I had to go to three different pharmacies to find one of these.”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides


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