City Pharmacy is the leading pharmaceutical company in Papua New Guinea in terms of turnover and the wide geographical spread of its 22 retail outlets.

Founded in 1986 by current directors Mahesh Patel and Alan Jarvis the company listed 6,761,000 shares in the Port Moresby Stock Exchange in February 2002 which are trading at over K2.50 per share.

Professional qualified Papua New Guineans occupy the senior level positions of Assistant Manager Warehouse & Distribution, Marketing Assistant and Computer Manager. The core business is the provision to Papua New Guineans of medicines, health care and beauty products; it is also a very large purchaser of products from other PNG suppliers. The company conducts substantial business with the Government and services hospitals, mining and petroleum projects, provincial governments and major institutions. It also has large-scale wholesale distribution activities throughout the country.