Medic Drugstore is a Singaporean pharmacy and health, beauty, and personal-care retailer with roots dating to 1979. It is based at Tanjong Pagar Plaza and positions itself as a neighbourhood-oriented drugstore offering a broad selection of healthcare and everyday wellness products at accessible prices. The business has evolved from a small local shop into a modern retail and e-commerce operation serving consumers in Singapore. 1

The current operating entity, Medic Drugstore Pte Ltd, was incorporated in Singapore on 4 January 1994 as an exempt private company limited by shares. Business-directory records list its principal activity as pharmacies and Western drug stores and its secondary activity as wholesale trade of a variety goods. 2

Medic Drugstore traces its origins to 1979, when it began operating as a small neighbourhood store in the Tanjong Pagar area. According to the company’s official history, the original shop occupied approximately 600 square feet and served local residents with daily necessities and healthcare products. The company identifies its founder as Adelyn, describing her as a hands-on proprietor who emphasised affordable products and personal customer service. 3

The original concept was essentially that of a friendly neighbourhood drugstore: a convenient place where customers could obtain healthcare-related products and everyday necessities without the scale or impersonal character of a large retail chain.

Over subsequent decades, the business was passed to a next generation of management, which retained the original emphasis on service and affordability while broadening the company’s product range and retail concept. Medic Drugstore says the store was eventually expanded and upgraded from the original approximately 600-square-foot premises to a roughly 1,200-square-foot, fully air-conditioned store. The company states that the modern store carries more than 5,000 health, beauty and personal-care stock units. 3

There is also a separate historical corporate-registration record for MEDIC DRUGSTORE, UEN 25007900C, registered as a sole proprietorship on 14 March 1979 at Tanjong Pagar Plaza. That entity is recorded as terminated, while MEDIC DRUGSTORE PTE LTD, incorporated in 1994, remains a live company. This appears to reflect the transition from the original business registration to the later private limited company rather than the disappearance of the Medic Drugstore brand itself. 4

Medic Drugstore describes its heritage positioning as a “Friendly Neighbourhood Store.” Its modern target audience is broader than the original local-neighbourhood customer base and includes:

• Professionals, managers, executives and business owners (PMEBs)
• Families
• Children
• Senior citizens
• Consumers looking for everyday healthcare and wellness products

The company’s stated brand mission is to help customers achieve a better balance in life through beauty, health and wellness products. Its proposition is built around three recurring themes: service, variety and value. 1

This gives Medic Drugstore a somewhat different identity from a conventional prescription-focused pharmacy. Its assortment extends considerably into consumer healthcare, personal care, beauty, preventive health, medical supplies and wellness products.

Medic Drugstore carries a wide assortment of healthcare and personal-care products. Its online catalogue and retail listings show products spanning areas such as:

• First-aid and wound care
• Antiseptics and disinfectants
• Pain relief
• Vitamins and supplements
• Respiratory and sinus care
• Eye and ear care
• Oral care
• Skin care
• Personal hygiene
• Women’s health
• Baby and family care
• Medical devices and healthcare accessories
• Masks and protective equipment
• Mobility and senior-care products
• Beauty and personal-care products
• Traditional and topical healthcare products

Its catalogue includes products from numerous international and Singaporean brands, including 3M, Sebamed, NeilMed, Smith & Nephew, Yunnan Baiyao, Bausch + Lomb, Nivea, Tiger Balm, Salonpas, Redoxon, Bio-Oil, Waterpik and many others. 1

Medic Drugstore also sells products under listings associated with “By Medic Drugstore”, suggesting that the business acts not only as a retailer but also as a distributor/retail channel for certain products. Examples listed by major Singapore retailers include ICM Pharma products, Opto Pharm products, Biogesic, Eludril, Centa Enema and other healthcare items. 5

The company’s principal retail location is:

Block 1, Tanjong Pagar Plaza
#01-26/27
Singapore 082001

The official website lists the store’s telephone number as +65 6224 4842 and opening hours as Monday–Friday 8:30 a.m.–7:00 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m., with Sundays and public holidays closed. 1

The store is also listed as a retailer by HealthPro Singapore, which identifies Medic Drugstore Pte Ltd at Tanjong Pagar Plaza and confirms its role within Singapore’s pharmacy/healthcare retail network. 7

Medic Drugstore has developed an online shopping presence in addition to its physical store. Its official website provides an e-commerce storefront and advertises features including:

• Online ordering
• Non-contact shipping
• Free delivery for orders above S$40
• Returns
• Order tracking
• Customer accounts
• Product browsing across health, beauty and personal-care categories 1

The brand also has a presence on major Singapore e-commerce platforms. Its products are listed through NTUC FairPrice, where the Medic Drugstore category currently contains more than 200 products, and through other online marketplaces. 6

One notable characteristic of Medic Drugstore is the breadth of brands available through its retail channel. Its FairPrice catalogue, for example, contains products originating from Singapore as well as countries including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, Malaysia, Japan, South Korea, France and others. 5

This makes the company less comparable to a single-brand healthcare manufacturer and more accurately describable as a multi-brand pharmacy and health-and-wellness retailer.

Its assortment covers both conventional consumer healthcare products and specialised categories such as medical supplies, respiratory products, dental care, eye care and senior-care products.

The present operating company is MEDIC DRUGSTORE PTE LTD, UEN 199400070G. Singapore business records identify it as an Exempt Private Company Limited by Shares, incorporated on 4 January 1994, with its registered address at Tanjong Pagar Plaza. Its listed primary business activity is pharmacies and drug stores (Western). 2

The historical sole-proprietorship registration, MEDIC DRUGSTORE (UEN 25007900C), was registered in 1979 and is now terminated. That record also classified the business under Western pharmacies/drug stores, with wholesale cosmetics and toiletries as a secondary activity. 4

Accordingly, 1979 is best understood as the founding year of the Medic Drugstore business/brand, while 1994 is the incorporation date of the current private limited company.

The company’s historical identity is centred on several ideas:

Affordability. The original store was established around the idea of providing healthcare and everyday products at reasonable prices.

Personal service. Medic Drugstore emphasises its neighbourhood-store heritage and the personal service associated with its founder.

Product variety. Rather than concentrating on one healthcare category, the business aims to function as a one-stop destination for health, beauty and personal-care needs.

Accessibility. Its physical store and online retail operation allow consumers to obtain everyday healthcare and personal-care products through multiple channels.

Continuity. Despite its expansion, the company says that the values established by its founder have been carried forward by subsequent management. 1

Medic Drugstore occupies a niche within Singapore’s healthcare retail sector as a long-established independent-style neighbourhood drugstore rather than a large national pharmacy chain.

Its longevity is one of its strongest distinguishing characteristics: the business traces its history to 1979, giving the brand more than four decades of association with Tanjong Pagar. Its current corporate entity has also operated since 1994. 2

Third-party local listings similarly describe Medic Drugstore as a pharmacy established in 1979 and highlight its large range of healthcare, beauty and personal-care products. 7

It is important to distinguish Medic Drugstore from the many brands that appear in its catalogue.

For example, 3M, Sebamed, NeilMed, Tiger Balm, Yunnan Baiyao, Bausch + Lomb and Nivea are independent product brands sold through Medic Drugstore. Medic Drugstore is primarily the retailer/distributor, not the manufacturer of these products. 1

The catalogue also contains products described as being “By Medic Drugstore,” which indicates that some products are marketed or supplied through Medic Drugstore’s own retail/distribution operation. 5

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