Synonyms of pharmacies

pharmacies

noun

plural of pharmacy

as in drugstores

a retail store where medicines and miscellaneous articles are sold

stopped at the pharmacy for tissues and cold medicine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• drugstores
• apothecaries
• dispensaries
• sick bays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of pharmacies

The telehealth industry, after all, is more or less built on compounding pharmacies; Hims & Hers actually bought its own in 2024. — Tom Bartlett, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

The Biden administration also blocked their manufacture by compounding pharmacies, which make specialty drugs. — John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 24 July 2026

Starting today, the Food and Drug Administration is holding a two-day meeting to decide whether compounding pharmacies should be allowed to produce popular injectable peptides. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 23 July 2026

Most drugs are not dispensed through compounding pharmacies at all but are instead approved by the FDA and manufactured by drug companies under strict FDA supervision. — Alana Semuels, Time, 23 July 2026

Compounding pharmacies like Empower and telehealth giant Hims & Hers are waiting for the FDA’s green light to unlock a potential multibillion-dollar market. — Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

The group includes owners of wellness clinics that sell peptides, pharmacies that produce the formulas and online consulting businesses that promote them. — Matthew Perrone, Fortune, 23 July 2026

All those experts voted in favor of allowing specialty pharmacies to produce their own formulations of BPC-157 for patients. — Matthew Perrone, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Cutler argued that allowing drive-thrus would attract more clients beyond just fast food restaurants and could bring in pharmacies and other local businesses that could make use of them in other ways. — Noah Daly july 15, Idaho Statesman, 15 July 2026