Sykehusapotek Nord

What Sykehusapotek Nord does

Sykehusapotek Nord HF is a Norwegian state-owned hospital pharmacy enterprise (helseforetak) operating under the Norwegian Health Enterprise Act as a subsidiary of Helse Nord RHF, the Regional Health Authority for Northern Norway. The organization runs five physical hospital pharmacy locations co-located with hospitals in Tromsø (headquarters), Harstad, Bodø, Narvik, and Hammerfest, dispensing prescription medications, over-the-counter pharmacy products, and customized compounded preparations to hospital inpatients, clinical staff, and walk-in members of the public. Core service lines include E-resept (electronic prescription) fulfillment, Reseptavtale repeat-prescription arrangements, Medication Preparation Services with SMS notification, the Klikk og hent click-and-collect ordering platform, home delivery of medications, medication return/disposal, and medicine and health advice content.

The technology footprint is conventional web infrastructure rather than a proprietary platform: the website is hosted on Optimizely CMS, web analytics run on Matomo, Cloudflare provides DDoS protection, and Norsk Helsenett SF serves as the data processor managing patient and operational data in compliance with GDPR, the Norwegian Personal Data Act, and the 'Norm for informasjonssikkerhet og personvern i helse- og omsorgstjenesten'. The organization employs 51-100 staff including provisor pharmacists (master's degree), resepient pharmacists (bachelor's degree), pharmacy technicians, nurses, and administrative personnel.

Revenue derives from two streams: pharmacy retail sales of medications, pharmaceutical products, and healthcare equipment to patients and the general public; and hospital pharmaceutical services (medication preparation, clinical pharmacy support, and ward-level supply) delivered under contract to Helse Nord RHF. Pricing is regulated under Norwegian pharmaceutical pricing regulations and is not publicly disclosed. As a public-sector HF entity, the organization is publicly funded, governed under state health enterprise law, and not listed on any stock exchange.

Name

Sykehusapotek Nord

Legal name

Sykehusapotek Nord HF

Website

https://www.sykehusapotek-nord.no

Company type

Public

Founded year

2001

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Sykehusapotek Nord HF is a Norwegian state-owned hospital pharmacy enterprise operating five locations across Northern Norway (Tromsø, Harstad, Bodø, Narvik, Hammerfest) under Helse Nord RHF, providing medication dispensing, clinical pharmacy services, and pharmaceutical advice to hospital patients, healthcare staff, and the public.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Hospital Pharmacy Services

NAICS

Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110), General Medical and Surgical Hospitals (622110)

SIC

Services-Hospitals (8060), Services-Health Services (8000)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital & Health-System Pharmacies (Inpatient/Outpatient) (HLAFALAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Medication Education, Counseling & Side-Effect Monitoring (HSABALAJ)

Keywords

• Hospital pharmacy services
• Prescription dispensing
• Medication preparation
• Clinical pharmacy support
• Pharmaceutical retail

Headquarters

HQ city

Tromsø

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices5 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Pharmacy Retail Sales: Sykehusapotek Nord generates revenue through the sale of medications, pharmaceutical products, healthcare equipment, and pharmacy goods to patients, healthcare institutions, and the general public. This includes both prescription medications and over-the-counter pharmacy products.
2. Hospital Pharmaceutical Services: The organization provides specialized pharmaceutical services to hospitals in Northern Norway, including medication preparation, clinical pharmacy support, and supply of medicinal products to hospital wards and departments.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Sykehusapotek Nord HF operates hospital pharmacy services across Northern Norway, dispensing prescription and over-the-counter medications, preparing customized medicines, supplying pharmaceutical products to hospital wards, and providing medication counseling and clinical pharmacy support. Core services include e-resept electronic prescription handling, the Klikk og hent click-and-collect ordering platform, prescription agreement (reseptavtale) repeat pickup management, medication return disposal, and home delivery of pharmacy products.

Product overview

Sykehusapotek Nord HF is a hospital pharmacy network operating as a single unified pharmacy service across five locations in Northern Norway (Tromsø, Harstad, Bodø, Narvik, and Hammerfest). The organization provides pharmaceutical products and healthcare services including medication dispensing, customized medicine preparation, and clinical pharmacy support to hospitals and patients. Core offerings center on prescription services (e-resept, prescription agreements), the Klikk og hent (click-and-collect) ordering platform, and patient-facing advice services. No software product integrations, AI capabilities, or public APIs were identified in the available source material; Sykehusapotek Nord functions as a healthcare service provider rather than a technology product company.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Klikk og hent (Click and Collect)
• Medication Preparation Services
• E-resept (Electronic Prescription) Dispensing
• Reseptavtale (Prescription Agreement)
• Medication Return Service
• Prescription Medication Shipping (Home Delivery)
• Medicine and Health Advice Service
• Hospital Pharmaceutical Supply Service

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Norsk Helsenett SFcoreTechnology or IntegrationNorsk Helsenett SF is the national service provider and is responsible for the development and management of the website. They serve as the data processor for Sykehusapotek Nord's online systems, handling patient data and operational information in accordance with Norwegian healthcare data regulations.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Sykehusapotekene (Norwegian Hospital Pharmacies): The national umbrella organization for Norway's regional hospital pharmacies (including Sykehusapotek Nord); operates the shared Klikk og hent ordering portal and provides identical hospital pharmacy services in other regions, making it the closest operational peer.
• Sykehusapotek Oslo (Oslo Hospital Pharmacy): Hospital pharmacy serving the South-Eastern Norway health region (Helse Sør-Øst RHF); delivers the same helseforetak-mandated clinical pharmacy and dispensing services as Sykehusapotek Nord but at much larger scale in the Oslo region.

Broad incumbents

• Apotek 1: Largest private retail pharmacy chain in Norway, owned by Phoenix Group; competes with Sykehusapotek Nord's general-public OTC and prescription dispensing outside the inpatient setting and operates nationally.
• Vitusapotek: Major Norwegian pharmacy chain owned by Norsk Medisinaldepot; competes directly for outpatient prescription and OTC customers in the same Northern Norway geographies Sykehusapotek Nord serves.
• Boots Apotek: Norwegian arm of the Boots pharmacy brand, part of Walgreens Boots Alliance; operates retail pharmacies across Norway that compete with Sykehusapotek Nord's walk-in customer base.

Emerging players

• Farmasiet (online pharmacy): Norwegian online-only pharmacy focused on prescription and OTC delivery; competes with Sykehusapotek Nord's general-public segment by offering mail-order convenience, particularly relevant after the 2017 discontinuation of public subsidies for prescription shipping.

Regional players

• Apoteket AB (Sweden): Swedish state-owned pharmacy operator providing hospital pharmacy and retail pharmacy services in a closely comparable Nordic public-healthcare model; useful benchmark for clinical pharmacy scope and state-enterprise governance.
• Region Hovedstadens Apotek (Denmark): Hospital pharmacy operations of the Capital Region of Denmark; provides comparable inpatient pharmaceutical services to public hospitals in another Nordic universal-healthcare system.

Others

• Norsk Medisinaldepot (NMD): Norwegian pharmaceutical wholesaler and distribution arm that supplies hospital and retail pharmacies including Sykehusapotek Nord; an upstream ecosystem participant rather than a competitor.
• Norsk Helsenett SF: National Norwegian health-IT service provider; serves as data processor and digital infrastructure partner for Sykehusapotek Nord's online systems and the national e-resept network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/SykehusapotekNordHarstad
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/sykehusapotek-nord-hf

Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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