Ditt Apotek is a chain of 80
pharmacies
Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medication, medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it ...
owned and run by independent pharmacists on
franchise from
Norsk Medisinaldepot
Norsk Medisinaldepot AS is a pharmaceutics and healthcare products wholesaler in Norway. It also operates the pharmacy chains Vitusapotek and the franchise chain Ditt Apotek. NMD is part of the McKesson Corporation and has approximately 300 p ...
, a subsidiary of
McKesson Europe
McKesson Europe AG (formerly Celesio AG, previously Gehe AG), with its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, is a leading international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sect ...
. The chain is the fourth largest, and thus smallest, in Norway. The chain was established in 2001 after the deregulation of the pharmacy market in Norway. The sister company
Vitusapotek operates 133 pharmacies owned by the mother company.
Among the members are the four state owned
pharmaceutical trusts that operate the pharmacies at the
hospital
A hospital is a healthcare institution providing patient treatment with specialized Medical Science, health science and auxiliary healthcare staff and medical equipment. The best-known type of hospital is the general hospital, which typically ...
s:
Southern and Eastern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust,
Western Norway Pharmaceutical Trust,
Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
Central Norway Pharmaceutical Trust () is a health trust owned by Central Norway Regional Health Authority that operates four hospital pharmacies at St. Olavs Hospital in Trondheim, Kristiansund Hospital, Molde Hospital and Ålesund Hospita ...
, and
Northern Norway Pharmaceutical Trust
Hospital Pharmacy of North Norway Trust (, ) is a health trust owned by Northern Norway Regional Health Authority that operates five hospital pharmacies. It is part of the Ditt Apotek chain. Norsk Medisinaldepot is its wholesaler.
The phar ...
.
Norwegian pharmacy brands
Retail companies of Norway
Retail companies established in 2001
2001 establishments in Norway
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