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An advertisement for Boots from 1911. Boots was established in 1849, by John Boot. [7] After his father's death in 1860, Jesse Boot, aged 10, helped his mother run the family's herbal medicine shop in Nottingham, [8] which was incorporated as Boot and Co. Ltd in 1883, becoming Boots Pure Drug Company Ltd in 1888.
Alliance Boots was a multinational pharmacy-led health and beauty group with corporate headquarters in Bern, Switzerland and operational headquarters in Nottingham and Weybridge, United Kingdom. The company had a presence in over 27 countries including associates and joint ventures and in 2013/14, reported revenue in excess of £23.4 billion. [ 1 ]
Boots forms the main part of the Retail Pharmacy International division of the company. The Boots brand has a history stretching back over 170 years [17] in the United Kingdom (UK) and is a familiar sight on Britain's high streets. [18] Stores are located in prominent high street and city center locations as well as in local communities.
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[21] [22] [23] The GPhC's regulatory duties include setting standards for and accrediting the education and training of pharmacists and pharmacy technicians. [24] The GPhC also sets requirements for the education and training of pharmacy support staff. [25] As such, there was an apparent conflict of interests in holding this role.
Medscape is a professional portal for physicians and has training materials, a drug database, and clinical information on 30 medical specialty areas and more than 30 physician discussion boards. [14] WebMD Health Services provides private health management programs and benefit decision-support portals to employers and health plans.
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Pharmacies of Norway are dominated by the three large companies Alliance Boots, Apokjeden and Norsk Medisinaldepot.In total there are 606 pharmacies, of which only 16 do not belong to the four dominant chains Apotek 1, Vitusapotek, Boots apotek and Ditt Apotek. 33 pharmacies are state owned as pharmaceutical trusts.