Vietnam’s largest pharmacy retailer Pharmacity has raised VND730 billion (US$31.8 million) in a fresh funding round as it ramps up its expansion plans. According to a statement, the new funding will be used for further store network expansion. However, the…
Indonesian state-owned pharmaceuticals firm Kimia Farma is considering expanding into Vietnam by acquiring a local company. The firm recently invested US$10.26 million in a Saudi Arabian firm, purchasing 60 percent of its shares and renaming it as Kimia Farma…
Vietnam private equity firm Mekong Capital has issued funding to pharmacy chain Pharmacity. Pharmacity is now the eighth company to receive funding from Mekong’s latest financing round, following the firm’s investment in mattress producer Vua Nem last year.…
Vietnam’s retail drugstore chain Pharmacity plans to open 500 stores by 2023. It has opened six more stores in Ho Chi Minh City this month, expanding its network to 71 to become the largest pharmacy chain in Vietnam. Over the next two years, Pharmacity plans…
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