REMEDIUMREMEDIUM1561-59362658-3534Joint-Stock Company Chicot181510.32687/1561-5936-2025-29-3-259-266Original ArticlePharmacy chains: problems of definition and regulationDrigoAnzhelika Evgenievnalavl2004@mail.ruLavrentevaLarisa Ivanovnaneshina.yma@list.ruZheltkevichOlga Valerievna003The territorial body of Roszdravnadzor in the Kostroma regionthe city of Kostroma, RussiaYaroslavl State Medical University, Yaroslavl, Russia15122025325926617102025Copyright © 2025,2025The article examines the problems of legal regulation of pharmacy chains. The article presents an analysis of sources that consider the definition and classification of pharmacy chains, and notes the problem of the lack of uniform approaches to their definition in the legal and expert sphere to date. 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