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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

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

Location, location, location Living somewhere that won’t leave you stranded in a crisis—walking distance to a food store, pharmacy or ER—is smart.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026

The Weston family owns the Canadian grocery chain Loblaws, pharmacy business Shoppers Drug Mart, and previously owned the London department store Selfridges, which it sold in 2022 for $4bn.

From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026

Holmes proposed to sell Ned the entire pharmacy, under terms that Ned—naïve Ned—found generous beyond all expectation.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson

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

From Slate ● Oct. 6, 2026

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

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

He said local community pharmacies are "very cautious" about selling large amounts of medication, so they will "often place restrictions on the amount of paracetamol that can be sold".

From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2026

Like most doctors, he only prescribes brand-name GLP-1s made by Eli Lilly and Novo rather than the compounded, copies versions made by special pharmacies and commonly sold by telehealth companies and med spas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 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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