Enterprise Investors to inject zl. 45 mln in drugstore chain

Enterprise Investors to inject zl. 45 mln in drugstore chain Enterprise Investors (EI) plans to invest zl. 45 million in the creation of a drugstore chain across Poland. A new company called Apteki Polskie has been formed by EI to create the chain that will comprise of 300 drugstores within five years. The initial capital to be invested in the venture is zl. 4.5 million. Part of the drugstores would be owned as franchises, whose owners' role would be limited to managing the drugstore while Apteki Polskie would take care of logistics. EI partner Ryszard Wojkowski said in the third year of operations, Apteki Polskie might be floated on the bourse. EI has so far invested zl. 166 million in pharmaceutical ventures in Poland. Most notably through the purchase of majority stakes in pharmaceutical firm Polfa Kutno. (Puls Biznesu, page 6)