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Thanks and good luck with your decision.

I agree. The sale of prescribed medicine and off the counter medicine might not be viable enough for the pharmacy. Adding health supplements and health care products are definitely necessary. However a word of caution not to sell everything in the pharmacy such that it becomes more like a provision shop.

Stick to medicine and health related products. At the end of the day, if the pharmacy provides good advice to customers then more people may patronize it.

I came across this website which contains some useful tips for startups. The website is at http://www.startbizup.com.

its tough and long hours. be prepared to do that especially during the initial period.

My 2 cents response to those who want to start a business is always

prepare your business plan.

What to cover etc can be found in the web samples.

Critical section is to estimate the daily turnover needed to make it a profitable business. Say in the analysis, you need RM10k per month to break RMx profit, is this RM10k sales realistic, achievable?

Like others have suggested, may be take a smaller step by working in a pharmacy first, to get a feel for the real pharmacy retail business, the nuts and bolts, the success and failure.

All the very best. Good to see people wanting to do better by planning ahead, asking others, creating your own luck. To some, luck is when preparation meets opportunity!

Cheerio.