Who owns PharmaLife?
PharmaLife is owned by MedLife (Romania, BVB: M).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: MedLife Group — Financial Report for the Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2026, Med Life S.A, 27 August 2026. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Med Life S.A. reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇷🇴 Romania, Bucharest
- Origin
- 🇷🇴 Romania
- Founded
- 2010
- Category
- Healthcare & pharma › Care providers › Pharmacy chains
- Parent ticker
- BVB: M
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About PharmaLife
PharmaLife is MedLife's pharmacy chain, launched in 2010 and run by Pharmalife-Med SRL, which MedLife owns outright. Its pharmacies are placed in or near MedLife's hyperclinics and hospitals, fill free and subsidised prescriptions under national health insurance contracts, and include its own laboratory, which makes products under the DoctorLife label. MedLife counted 19 pharmacies at the end of 2025, and it also owns Pharmachem, a pharmaceutical distributor.
Ownership timeline of PharmaLife
Where PharmaLife sits in MedLife
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by MedLife
MedLife controls 6 brands on Brandtree, 6 of them in healthcare & pharma.
Also in healthcare & pharma
Other brands in pharmacy chains, and who owns them
The 10 brands in pharmacy chains on Brandtree belong to 6 owners. The largest is Clicks Group, with 3.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Clicks | Clicks Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Inkafarma | InRetail | 🇵🇪 Peru |
| Rose Pharmacy | Robinsons Retail | 🇵🇭 Philippines |
| An Khang | Mobile World | 🇻🇳 Vietnam |
| Healthguard | Sunshine Holdings | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka |
| Clicks Baby | Clicks Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| UPD | Clicks Group | 🇿🇦 South Africa |
| Mifarma | InRetail | 🇵🇪 Peru |
About the owner: MedLife
MedLife is a publicly listed company headquartered in Bucharest, Romania, founded in 1996. Brandtree records 6 brands under its control, and it is listed as BVB: M.
MedLife is the leading private healthcare provider in Romania by sales, number of medical units and beds. It was founded in 1996 and is listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. It runs hyperclinics, clinics, hospitals, maternities, laboratories, dental centres and pharmacies under two brands, MedLife and Sfânta Maria, and has bought about 100 companies since 2009, including clinics in Hungary and Moldova. Its revenue was RON 1.74 billion in the first half of 2026.
🇷🇴 PharmaLife and other Romanian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 37 brands that began in Romania. 8 of them (22%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; PharmaLife is not one of them.
- Alexandrion — Alexandrion Group 🇷🇴
- Arctic — Arçelik 🇹🇷
- Aslavital — Farmec 🇷🇴
- Bunica — Avril 🇫🇷
- Crama Ceptura — Maspex 🇵🇱
- DIGI — Digi 🇷🇴
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of PharmaLife?
The parent company of PharmaLife is MedLife, a publicly listed company headquartered in Romania.
Is PharmaLife Romanian?
Yes. PharmaLife originated in Romania in 2010 and its owner, MedLife, is also headquartered in Romania.
Is PharmaLife still owned by MedLife?
Yes. As of 24 October 2026, PharmaLife is still owned by MedLife. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] MedLife Group — Financial Report for the Six-Month Period Ended June 30, 2026 — Med Life S.A., Stock exchange filing, published 27 August 2026; retrieved 24 October 2026.
- [2] MedLife — General Presentation, December 2025 — Med Life S.A., Official document; retrieved 24 October 2026.
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