Mercury Drug

Mercury Drug
Company typePrivate
Mercury Drug
IndustryRetail
FoundedFebruary 1, 1945; 79 years ago (1945-02-01)[1][2] in Bambang Street, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
FounderMariano Que
HeadquartersBagumbayan, Quezon City, Philippines
Number of locations
1,200
Area served
Philippines
Key people
Vivian Que-Ascona (President)
ProductsDrug and other pharmaceutical products.[3]
Revenue₱132.73 billion (2017)[4]
Number of employees
15,000
ParentMercury Group of Companies, Inc.
Websitemercurydrug.com

The Mercury Drug Corporation, better known as Mercury Drug, is a Filipino pharmacy chain. A subsidiary of the Mercury Group of Companies, it is headquartered in Bagumbayan, Quezon City.[5] The chain was founded in Santa Cruz, Manila in 1945,[1] making it the second oldest drugstore chain in the Philippines after Southstar Drug by eight years. As of 2017, Mercury Drug has over 1,000 branches nationwide[6] and over 50 percent of the Philippine pharmaceutical retail market.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Corporate Information". Mercury Drug Store. Retrieved July 26, 2017.
  2. ^ "Mercury Drug founder Mariano Que dies". ABS-CBNnews.com. April 15, 2017. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  3. ^ Carr, J. (December 6, 2012). Major Companies of The Far East and Australasia 1990/91: Volume 1: South East Asia. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 159. ISBN 978-94-009-0805-5. Retrieved July 29, 2022.
  4. ^ Uy, Leo Jaymar (November 28, 2018). "Philippines' top 1000 firms ride robust economic growth in 2017". BusinessWorld. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
  5. ^ "Mercury Drug Corporation". www.mercurydrug.com. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
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