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Mi Farmacita

TMJ — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:08:33 -0500

The Mi Farmacita in Puerto Vallarta is not hard to find I just don't recall the address. You can call the company headquarters in Tijuana and they can direct you to the location nearest you. Offices in Tijuana: Calle Tapachula 1 Local J7 Street Tapachula 1 Local J7 Col. Hipódromo, Tijuana BC 22420. Hippodrome, 22420 Tijuana BC. Tel: (664) 684-8889

Mi Farmacita

Puerto Vallarta Condos — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:38:02 -0500

(Mi Farmacita was established in Tijuana, Mexico, in 2003, and employs a classic franchise business structure. As of March 2007, Mi Farmacita had established 57 franchises in over 15 states in both smaller and major cities--including Morelia, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, and Tijuana--and in squarely low-income as well as middle class communities.) I have never seen a Mi Farmacita in Puerto Vallarta. Can you tell me the address so I can go check it out, I live in Puerto Vallarta

Mi Farmacita Nacional: Enabling Good Health Among Mexico's BOP

Julia Tran — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 16:47:32 -0500

Date of talk or publication:
June 2007

Organization:
World Resources Institute

Description:
Mi Farmacita Nacional is a fully for-profit, Mexican owned pharmacy franchise with a social imperative. The company’s mission statement is "to bring medicines and special services to the regions of most necessity in the Mexican Republic and to provide health, well-being, communication and accessible prices to the majority of homes."

In Mexico, low-income communities often have no convenient access to quality, affordable medicines for such common afflictions as the flu, allergies, and arthritis, due to Mexico's loose pharmaceutical regulations and poor distribution channels for generic medicines. The low-income may also face long wait times of several weeks or longer for doctor visits due to Mexico’s overburdened healthcare system.