Clicks Pharmacy (Jakaranda) | Pharmacy

Clicks was launched as a drugstore in 1968 but legislation at the time banned corporate ownership of pharmacies in South Africa This meant that Clicks operated as a drugstore without drugs until legislation was changed in 2003 to permit corporate pharmacy ownership and the initial Clicks pharmacy opened in 2004 United Pharmaceutical Distributors was acquired by the group in January 2003 to supply the distribution capacity for the groups healthcare strategy Over the past decade the group has grown into a leader in the healthcare market where Clicks has an 20 per cent share of the retail pharmacy market and UPD a 24 per cent share of the private pharmaceutical wholesale market Clicks Group is a retail led healthcare group which is listed in the Food and Drug Retailers sector on the JSE