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Historic apothecary jars on the dispensary shelf
Anklin Apotheke history – in Cham since 1919
A member of staff holding up a historic photograph of the old dispensary
The pharmacist's diploma of Alfons Anklin from 1919
From 1919 to today

New again and again.
Still us.

What has changed in a good hundred years, and what has stayed.

The dispensary today, bright rooms with the historic wooden shelves
The Haus Merkur on Rabenplatz with the pharmacy, historic photograph
1919 · FoundingThe Kessler drugstore becomes a pharmacy.

Joseph Alphons Anklin took over the business in the Haus Merkur on Rabenplatz. The first customer paid Fr. 1.35 for a preparation on 12 September.

The building at Poststrasse 3 with pharmacy and drugstore, historic photograph
1923 · Poststrasse 3The final location.

Four years after opening, the pharmacy moves to its present address, and stays.

An open prescription book with the handwriting of several generations
1957 to 1995 · HandoversEvery hand has left something behind.

First Alfons junior, from 1977 Rolf. Until 1995 everything was written into the prescription books by hand.

View along the shelving aisle of the storage robot full of medicine packs
2024 · RefurbishmentBehind the counter, hardly recognisable.

A storage robot now fetches what someone used to look for in the cellar. On top of that the pick-up terminal around the clock and two rooms where you can close the door.

To the pick-up terminal
Tin of the skin cream with the inscription Hautheilcreme, A. Anklin Cham
Always · house specialities

There has always been an own brand here.

Following his grandfather's recipes, Rolf Anklin mixed a skin cream and filled it into 50 gram tins, for hands worn out by winter. Our own brand today is the same principle by other means: care from the pharmacy, without the cost of the advertising behind it.

To the own brand
This is us

A team that knows you.

Twelve people, one location. Four of them are in training with us, and people who learn here often stay.

See open positions
  • TRTamara Ringger · Managing director, pharmacy technician
  • MAMichael Anklin · Managing director, IT and finance
  • EWEdyta Wlodarczyk · Managing director, responsible pharmacist
  • CMChristine Moser · Pharmacist, for over thirteen years
  • LMLivia Meier · Pharmacist, training as an FPH specialist pharmacist
  • OWOlha Würthinger · Managing director of Anklin Apotheke Services
  • SCSandra Confortola · Pharmacy technician
  • NSNatalja Schäfer · Blister packing specialist
  • FQFrancesco Quattrone · Pharmacy technician, in training
  • MSMilla da Silva · Pharmacy technician, in training
  • SBSandra Bucher · Pharmacy technician, in training
  • LGLarina Greter · Pharmacy technician, in training

Advice from trained specialists.

Schuessler further training

Schuessler salts according to Dr Schuessler, advised on with completed training rather than recommended off the shelf.

Bach flower consultation

With the recognised training of the Bach Centre as a Bach Foundation Registered Practitioner (BFRP). The personal mixture comes out of the conversation, not off a list.

Quality & trust

What you can rely on.

One locationThe same address since 1923

No chain of branches, no head office making the decisions. Poststrasse 3 has been the only location since 1923, and the people behind it stay.

DocumentedEvery blistered dose checked

The blister packing area works to documented standards: every batch checked, every step logged, every change traceable.

No commissionEven when there is nothing to sell

Nobody here gets anything for recommending a particular preparation. That is why you will also hear us say that you should keep your money.

Member of pharmaSuisse, the Swiss Pharmacists Association. Cantonal operating licence from the Health Directorate of Zug.

In Cham since 1919

We look forward to seeing you.

Come by, have a look around and get to know us.