Chemist Warehouse flexes muscles as independent pharmacists battle corporates

Over the past two decades David Vo has owned pharmacies in the rural community of Orange to Sydney's Rose Bay North. His latest investment was up the hill from Clovelly Beach – three months ago he bought the only pharmacy in the small Sydney suburb.

Vo still believes there is a place for smaller independently owned pharmacies which, he says, are more focused on the patient and providing health advice, rather than the till.