https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteket has told The Local it is hoping to offer a range of bandaids suitable for customers with darker skin tones by the end of the year as part of efforts to cut discrimination. https://www.thelocal.se/20150812/pharmacy-to-sell-darker-plasters-for-darker-skin Wed, 12 Aug 2015 18:10:38 +0200 pharmacy-to-sell-darker-plasters-for-darker-skin UK pharmacy chain Alliance Boots has confirmed its imminent plans to enter the Swedish pharmacy market in the first quarter of this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20110110/31340 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 13:27:00 +0100 31340 There has been great interest in starting new pharmacies in Sweden, which has led to a greater number of local pharmacies and increased consumer accessibilty according to a recent report. https://www.thelocal.se/20110103/31222 Mon, 03 Jan 2011 14:34:00 +0100 31222 Sweden's Apoteket and Systembolaget were rated highest by their customers, according to a new measurement of retail outlets gauging customer satisfaction. https://www.thelocal.se/20101129/30484 Mon, 29 Nov 2010 10:27:00 +0100 30484 Ann Carlsson, who will take over as CEO of state-owned pharmacy chain Apoteket AB in November, has won this year's 'Ruter Dam' award for the most influential female executive in Sweden. https://www.thelocal.se/20101013/29594 Wed, 13 Oct 2010 18:56:00 +0200 29594 Despite the end of the Swedish pharmacy monopoly, prices for non-prescription medications have remained high. https://www.thelocal.se/20100406/25920 Tue, 06 Apr 2010 12:38:00 +0200 25920 Stefan Carlsson, CEO of Sweden's state-run Apoteket pharmacy chain, is to receive a 5.4 million kronor ($740,000) severance payment after being asked to leave his post in August of this year. https://www.thelocal.se/20100210/24906 Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:32:00 +0100 24906 The international pharmacy group, Alliance Boots, plans to open Boots branded pharmacies on Swedish high streets in a joint venture with the Swedish company Farmacevtföretagarna, a cooperative company owned by the Swedish Pharmaceutical association. https://www.thelocal.se/20100124/24558 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 14:48:00 +0100 24558 In the first two months of trading after the government overhaul of pharmacies in Sweden, supermarkets and petrol stations reaped around 10 percent of the non-prescription drug market. https://www.thelocal.se/20100122/24540 Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:26:00 +0100 24540 The first private pharmacy in Sweden since 1971 opened for business in Stockholm on Sunday following an inauguration by Swedish Health and Social Affairs minister Göran Hägglund. https://www.thelocal.se/20100118/24438 Mon, 18 Jan 2010 09:24:00 +0100 24438 Three people have been arrested in Stockholm and held on suspicion of the illegal sale of prescription drugs, including diet pills and impotence treatment, as part of a international police operation. https://www.thelocal.se/20091121/23398 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:26:00 +0100 23398 Sweden has secured buyers for some 465 pharmacies up for sale as part of the demonopolization of the country's retail drug market. https://www.thelocal.se/20091109/23154 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:30:00 +0100 23154 Swedish retailer ICA has announced plans to open 100 pharmacies across the country. https://www.thelocal.se/20091009/22566 Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:25:00 +0200 22566 Sweden’s government is set to replace the board of directors of the Apoteket AB pharmacy monopoly because the current board won’t accept the government’s rules for deregulation. https://www.thelocal.se/20090922/22214 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 09:53:00 +0200 22214 Swedish state-owned pharmacy chain Apoteket has confirmed that it plans to cooperate with supermarket chain Ica over the in-store sale of non-prescription and prescription drugs. https://www.thelocal.se/20090824/21648 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 13:50:00 +0200 21648 A commercial for Apoliva, an assortment of personal care products for Apoteket, featuring Swedish supermodel Adina Fohlin has made a major splash, although not quite the one that the Swedish pharmacy chain was hoping for. Rather than running out to purchase Apoliva products, viewers are running scared. https://www.thelocal.se/20090805/21116 Wed, 05 Aug 2009 13:27:00 +0200 21116 German pharmaceutical company Celesio has revealed plans to open a chain of more than 100 pharmacies in Sweden in an announcement that coincides with the introduction of a new law bringing an end to Sweden's pharmacy retail monopoly. https://www.thelocal.se/20090701/20400 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:26:00 +0200 20400 Sweden’s state-run pharmacy monopoly ended on Wednesday, paving the way for new entrants into the market for drug sales and for the eventual sale of non-prescription drugs in other retail outlets. https://www.thelocal.se/20090701/20396 Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:42:00 +0200 20396 Almost two-thirds of the branches of Swedish state-owned pharmacy Apoteket could be privatized, according to a proposal from the company tasked by the government with breaking up the monopoly. https://www.thelocal.se/20090505/19252 Tue, 05 May 2009 13:34:00 +0200 19252 Swedish department store chain Åhlens has said it plans to begin operating pharmacies on its premises if the country's pharmaceutical retail monopoly ceases to exist this summer. https://www.thelocal.se/20090406/18714 Mon, 06 Apr 2009 19:13:00 +0200 18714