Formula Farmácia de Manipulação

What Formula Farmácia de Manipulação does

Formula Farmácia de Manipulação LTDA is a privately held Brazilian compounding pharmacy (farmácia de manipulação) headquartered in Teresina, Piauí, operating under CNPJ 14.286.720/0001-70. The legal entity is a sociedade limitada (LTDA) with no disclosed parent company, external investors, or venture capital involvement, and the company has 14 employees. It runs a single physical storefront at Avenida Dom Severino 1580, complemented by an e-commerce platform at formulamanipulacao.com.br that enables national direct-to-consumer sales of compounded medications, health supplements, and beauty products, with online prescription upload and quote-request workflows.

The product portfolio spans custom-compounded medications (per individual prescription) and ready nutraceutical/dermatological SKUs including Morosil® 500mg for weight management, anti-dandruff treatments (Loção Anticaspa Caspa Control and Shampoo Anticaspa Sulfeto), and collagen products (Collagen Gummies Verisol® and Collagen Plus). The e-commerce platform is built on Pedido Pago, with payment processing routed through Pagar.me and Braspag, cloud hosting on AWS (São Paulo region), and customer acquisition via Google/Facebook advertising plus RD Station and MailChimp email automation. The company serves two segments: individual consumers seeking customized health, wellness, and beauty products (primary), and healthcare professionals who prescribe or recommend compounded medications (secondary).

Commercial operations are regional-physical but nationally reachable online, with WhatsApp as a direct sales and support channel. Revenue is generated through one-time sales of products and prescription medications; no subscription, licensing, or recurring revenue model is disclosed. The business is regulated by ANVISA, with documented compliance with RDC 20/2011, Portaria 44/2009, and prescription retention requirements (Portaria SVS/MS n° 344/1998, RDC n° 11/2011, n° 9.965/2000). No revenue figures, headcount history, or funding events are publicly available, and there is no stated AI, M&A, or international expansion roadmap.

Name

Formula Farmácia de Manipulação

Legal name

Fórmula Farmácia de Manipulação LTDA

Website

https://formulamanipulacao.com.br

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Formula Farmácia de Manipulação is a Brazilian compounding pharmacy operating a single physical store in Teresina plus a DTC e-commerce platform selling custom-compounded medications, dermatological products, and nutraceuticals (Morosil®, Verisol® collagen, anti-dandruff treatments) to individual consumers and healthcare professionals nationwide.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Compounding Pharmacy Retail

NAICS

Medicinal and Botanical Manufacturing (325411), Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110)

SIC

Medicinal Chemicals & Botanical Products (2833)

akta.pro primary industry

Compounding Pharmacies (Sterile/Non-Sterile) (HLAFALAE)

akta.pro secondary industry

Herbal & Botanical Supplements (CRADAGAD)

Keywords

• Compounded medications
• Custom pharmaceutical formulations
• Weight loss supplements
• Beauty nutraceutical supplements
• Prescription compounding pharmacy

Headquarters

HQ city

Teresina

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Product Sales: Direct sales of compounded medications, health supplements, and beauty products through e-commerce platform
2. Prescription Medication Sales: Sales of controlled substances requiring valid medical prescriptions, processed in compliance with ANVISA regulations

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Fórmula Farmácia de Manipulação is a Brazilian compounding pharmacy that custom-formulates medications from individual prescriptions and sells a catalog of dermatological and nutraceutical products (weight-loss, anti-dandruff, and collagen supplements) directly to consumers through its own e-commerce storefront and a single physical pharmacy in Teresina, Piauí. The pharmacy accepts online prescription uploads and handles controlled substances in compliance with ANVISA regulations.

Product overview

Formula Farmácia de Manipulação is a Brazilian compounding pharmacy (farmácia de manipulação) operating an e-commerce platform for personalized medicines and health supplements. The company offers a portfolio of nutraceutical and dermatological products including Morosil® for weight management, anti-dandruff treatments (Loção Anticaspa Caspa Control and Shampoo Anticaspa Sulfeto), and collagen supplements (Collagen Gummies Verisol® and Collagen Plus). Products are organized into categories including Beauty (Beleza), Physical Performance (Desempenho Físico), Weight Loss (Emagrecimento), Health (Saúde), Men (Homem), Women (Mulher), and Summer (Verão). The company also accepts medical prescriptions for custom-manufactured medications. The e-commerce platform is powered by Pedido Pago®.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Morosil® (500mg) Weight-management supplement for localized fat reduction, body-measurement reduction, and summer body preparation; positioned in the Emagrecimento (Weight Loss) and Verão (Summer) categories.
• Loção Anticaspa Caspa Control Anti-dandruff topical lotion for scalp treatment, categorized under Health, Men, and Dandruff care.
• Shampoo Anticaspa Sulfeto Caspa Control Anti-dandruff shampoo containing sulfide for treatment of dandruff and scalp conditions.
• Collagen Gummies Verisol® Collagen gummy supplement with Verisol® bioactive collagen peptides for beauty purposes, supporting hair strengthening, nail strengthening, and reduction of wrinkles.
• Collagen Plus Collagen supplement for women targeting hair strengthening, nail strengthening, and wrinkle reduction; priced on request via the quote workflow.
• Custom Compounded Medications Service Custom-manufactured medications prepared to individual medical prescriptions, with online prescription upload and quote request, processed in compliance with ANVISA regulations (RDC 20/2011, Portaria 44/2009, Portaria SVS/MS 344/1998).

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration2 records

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Pedido PagocoreTechnology or IntegrationE-commerce platform provider that manages site functionality, security, database access, and various site tools for the pharmacy's online operations
• Pagar.mecoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment sub-acquirer integrated through Pedido Pago for processing online transactions including credit card payments with tokenization
• BraspagcoreTechnology or IntegrationPayment services provider integrated through Pedido Pago for payment processing and transaction management
• Amazon Web Services (AWS)coreTechnology or IntegrationCloud hosting provider for website and content storage, servers located in São Paulo state

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Dermage Manipulação: Brazilian compounding pharmacy specializing in dermatological and aesthetic formulations with online ordering. Comparable to Fórmula as a competing manipulação focused on beauty/skincare adjacencies with a direct-to-consumer e-commerce model.
• Essentia Pharma Manipulação: Compounding pharmacy operating online across Brazil, selling custom medications and wellness formulations. Comparable in business model, product mix, and regulatory positioning.
• RD Farmácias de Manipulação: Largest compounding pharmacy chain in Brazil, offering custom medications and supplements online with multi-region delivery. Directly comparable as a competing compounding pharmacy operating an e-commerce DTC model with a similarly broad product portfolio.
• Magistral Farmácia de Manipulação: Brazilian compounding pharmacy chain with online prescription upload and custom formulation services. Directly competes with Fórmula's compounding-and-DTC model across similar product categories.

Emerging players

• Ativas Pharma: Brazilian emerging player in the compounding/wellness pharmacy space with online ordering. Comparable as a smaller, digitally native compounding pharmacy targeting similar consumers.

Broad incumbents

• Drogaria Onofre: Established Brazilian pharmacy retailer with e-commerce, beauty, and wellness categories. Overlaps with Fórmula on the beauty-supplement and personal care side rather than compounding.
• Pague Menos: Major Brazilian retail pharmacy chain with strong regional presence in the Northeast (where Fórmula operates) and expanding e-commerce. Competes for the same walk-in and online pharmacy customer in overlapping geographies.
• Panvel Farmácias: Large Brazilian pharmacy retail chain with national footprint, e-commerce, and growing compounding/wellness assortment. Adjacent incumbent competing for the same Brazilian pharmacy customers with broader scale and brand.
• Drogasil: One of Brazil's largest retail pharmacy chains (part of RD Saúde group), with national e-commerce. Broad incumbent overlapping with Fórmula's customer base on OTC, supplements, and increasingly on compounded offerings.

Regional players

• Far.mais: Brazilian pharmacy brand with regional concentration. Comparable as a competing retail pharmacy, though it does not focus on compounding; useful as a regional benchmark for pharmacy retail dynamics in Brazil.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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