Opening And Starting A Retail Or Community Pharmacy In Nigeria
Community Pharmacy Shop Community pharmacies are drug stores managed and controlled by a pharmacist. They usually compliment the work of hospital pharmacy. They are mostly the first port of call for most patients. They stock and sell all forms of legal drugs from prescription-only medicine (POM), over the counter (OTC) drugs to prescription-only medicine controlled drugs (POMCD). Community pharmacy is found everywhere, especially in towns and cities. Most graduates of pharmacy always consider either working here for some time or even starting one right away. This is the reason why the thought of this article came up. Not every person in Nigeria can own a community pharmacy. In addition, not every practising pharmacy can. The reason is that a pharmacy can only use one license for one career unless such one decides to change careers. Read Also : How To Set Up A Patent Medicine (Chemist) Store In Nigeria Non-pharmacist have device means of owning pharmacy shops. However, this is o...
