Vitusapotek is a chain of 300

pharmacies Pharmacy is the science and practice of discovering, producing, preparing, dispensing, reviewing and monitoring medications, aiming to ensure the safe, effective, and affordable use of medicines. It is a miscellaneous science as it links healt ...

in Norway owned and run by

Norsk Medisinaldepot Norsk Medisinaldepot AS is a pharmaceutics and healthcare products wholesaler in Norway. It also operates the pharmacy chains Vitusapotek and the franchise chain Ditt Apotek. NMD is part of the Celesio group and has a total of 185 pharmacies i ...

, a subsidiary of

McKesson Europe McKesson Europe AG (formerly Celesio AG, previously Gehe AG), with its headquarters in Stuttgart, Germany, is a leading international wholesale and retail company and provider of logistics and services in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sec ...

. The pharmacy chain is based in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

, and is the second largest in Norway, after

Apotek1 Apotek 1 is a large pharmacy chain in Norway, owned by Apotek 1 Gruppen AS with more than 400 outlets all over Norway. The chain was established in 1999, expanded massively since the deregulation Deregulation is the process of removing or redu ...

. The chain was established in 2001 after the deregulation of the pharmacy market in Norway. The sister company

Ditt Apotek Ditt Apotek is a chain of 80 pharmacies owned and run by independent pharmacists on franchise from Norsk Medisinaldepot, a subsidiary of McKesson Europe. The chain is the fourth largest, and thus smallest, in Norway. The chain was established ...

is a

franchise Franchise may refer to: Business and law * Franchising, a business method that involves licensing of trademarks and methods of doing business to franchisees * Franchise, a privilege to operate a type of business such as a cable television p ...

chain for independent pharmacies. Until 2007 the chain was a separate company, but is now merged into the parent company along with the wholesaler

NMD Grossisthandel Norsk Medisinaldepot AS is a pharmaceutics and healthcare products wholesaler in Norway. It also operates the pharmacy chains Vitusapotek and the franchising, franchise chain Ditt Apotek. NMD is part of the Celesio group and has a total of 185 ph ...

. NMD is one of the largest suppliers of pharmaceuticals and health-related products via pharmacies. NMD currently has a distribution center in Oslo and a branch in

Harstad ( se, Hárstták) is the second-most populated municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. It is mostly located on the large island of Hinnøya. The municipal center is the town of Harstad, the most populous town in Central Hålogalan ...

External links

Official website
''(Norwegian)''
Norwegian operations of the parent company Celesio AG
*https://www.proff.no/selskap/vitusapotek/oslo/apotek-og-farmas%C3%B8ytiske-varer/IG8SBOD0ZDK-2/ Norwegian pharmacy brands Retail companies of Norway Retail companies established in 2001 {{pharmacy-stub no:Vitusapotek