Euroapotheca
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| Type | Privately held company UAB |
|---|---|
| Industry | Retail pharmacy |
| Founded | 2007 |
| Headquarters | , |
Area served | North Eastern Europe |
Key people | Asta Juodeškaitė (Acting CEO) |
| Products | Pharmacies |
| Revenue | €740 million[1] (2019) |
| €17.8 million[1] (2019) | |
Number of employees | 3,800 [2] (2018) |
| Parent | Vilniaus prekyba |
| Website | www |
Euroapotheca is a Lithuanian pharmacy retail company headquartered in Vilniaus. The company operates a chain of 916 pharmacies in Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Sweden and is owned by Vilniaus prekyba.[3]
History
[edit]Euroapotheca was founded in 2007 as holding company for its existing pharmacies.[4]
In 2018, Euroapotheca purchased the state owned franchise pharmacy chain Apoteksgruppen in Sweden which provided services to 186 pharmacies and owning three pharmacies of its own.[5] The same year the 13 pharmacies Ülikooli Apteek and Medapta was purchased from Finnish Yliopiston Apteekki.[6] Euroapotheca left the Ukrainian market in 2018.[7]
In 2022, Euroapotheca and Finnish owned Oriola created a 50/50 joint venture by merging the Swedish pharmacy chains Apoteksgruppen and Kronans Apotek.[8]
Locations
[edit]As of 2017, the group has stores in 5 European countries:
Former locations
[edit]- Czech Republic: Eurolekarna, 18 branches
- Slovakia: Eurolekaren, 10 branches
- Ukraine: Euroapteka, 4 branches
References
[edit]- 1 2 ""Eurovaistinės" pardavimai augo 5%".
- ↑ "Euroapotheca begins operations in Sweden – the acquisition of Apoteksgruppen i Sverige Holding AB is completed". Euro Apotheca. February 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Euroapotheca". Euroapotheca, UAB. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ↑ "Euroapotheca celebrates 12th aniversary". Euroapotheca, UAB. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ↑ "Lithuanian Euroapotheca cleared to buy Swedish pharmacy chain". Strategeast. 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ↑ "Euroapotheca buys Ulikooli Apteek". The Baltic Course. 2018-03-15. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ↑ "Financial results of Euroapotheca Group of 2018: the year of a historic breakthrough". Euroapotheca. 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
- ↑ "Oriola and Euroapotheca have finalized the combining of Kronans Apotek and Apoteksgruppen into a new company". www.oriola.com. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
