LEARN ABOUT PHARMACY
COMMUNITY PHARMACY
Retail Pharmacy, botica, farmacia, drugstore
Refer to pharmaceutical outlets where registered drugs
are dispensed directly to the end users or patients.
Most accessible to the public
Types of Community Pharmacy
1. Independent Drugstore
Owned by pharmacist or operated by entrepreneurs
Typical community pharmacies
2. Chain Drugstore
Operate with branches or franchises all over the country
Many of their drug outlets situated in strategic business centers
are now converted into self-service stores or superstores that
carry pharmaceutical products and assorted grocery items.
COMMUNITY PHARMARY
THEN AND NOW
Then Now
Situated in small densely populated *
urban and rural centers
Made of wood and hand painted Costly acrylic plastic and steel bars
with a caduceus or mortar and with fluorescent lamps
pestle
Made of wood, including the cabinets, Concrete aesthetic design and layouts;
glass and Rx counters Modern fixtures and lighting
paraphernalia
Desk fan; manual calculating machines, Ceiling and revolving fans; air-
radio conditioner; computerized cash register;
music apps
Purely retailing; purely cash basis; Retailing and wholesaling; cash and
daytime operations only; walk-in only credit; day and night operations; 24-
hour service in some
Manual through stock cards and Computerized done by stock analyst or
notebooks done by owners; reorder supply / purchasing officers
weekly
Dependent on taxi / jeepneys for pick- Cars and delivery vans; land/sea/air
up of sales orders from large forwarders for stocks replenishments
wholesalers and deliveries
2-3 personnel including the owner + 5-60 personnel depending on the size of
cashier, purchaser, stock analyst, the drugstore; complete sales and
manager marketing team
Stockroom inside houses; manualized Bodega / warehouse; satellite depots;
automated; single / multi-storey
building
Telephone and postal Telephone, cellular
system phones, emails
Php 500,000 or less capitalization; At least Php 3M or more; sole
sole proprietorship proprietorship, partnership, or
corporation
PHARMACIST: Behind the Rx counter Now as manager, entrepreneur,
compounding and dispensing; very marketer, leader, computer iterate;
casual multifaceted; frequently attends
seminars, conventions; wears
uniforms
Philippines Pharmacy Retail Market is Driven by the High
Sale of Generic Medicines coupled with growth in the
Private Label Medicines: Ken Research
● MABISA NA, MATIPID PA
● Growing ang pharmaceutical market in the PH
VISION
● Because We Care, You Matter.
● Shall be a strong partner of every Filipino in providing quality,
affordable, and accessible generic medicines
MISSION
● A Filipino Deserves Nothing Less for Less Cost.
● A Healthy Filipino in making a happy home and in nation-
building. Address the health needs ofFilipinos by providing a
complete range of safem quality, and cost-effective generic
medicines and healthcare products and services.
GOAL
● TGPagpagaling ng Pilipinas
● TGP has reached a milestone of 2000+ branches ○ Largest
drugstore nationwide
● 2103 branches as of September 2021
STANDARDS OF PRACTICE
PHILPSP serves as a guide for the desired minimum
standards of practice for pharmacists in various settings
● Provides Quality medicines and other healthcare needs
● Ensure product quality, safety, and efficacy of
compounded products
● Counsels clients on the safe and correct use of medications
● Engages actively in client/patient education
