Pharmacy (restaurant)
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'''Pharmacy''' was a fashionable [[restaurant]] in [[Notting Hill]], [[London]], which opened in [[1997]]. The venture was backed, in the early days, by [[Damien Hirst]] and the public relations guru, [[Matthew Freud]]. It gained further publicity thanks to a dispute with the [[Royal Pharmaceutical Society]] which claimed the name and the [[pill]] bottles and medical items on display could confuse people looking for a real [[pharmacy]]. The name itself was breaching the [[Medicines Act 1968]], which restricts the use of "pharmacy". The restaurant's name was subsequently changed to "Army Chap", an [[anagram]] of "Pharmacy".
However, initial plans to open further restaurants outside London were quietly dropped and the restaurant itself closed in September [[2003]].<ref name=closed>{{cite journal | author = Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain | month = September | year = 2003 | title = Pharmacy restaurant and bar closes | journal = The Pharmaceutical Journal | volume = 271 | issue = 7268 | pages = 396 | url = http://www.pjonline.com/Editorial/20030927/news/restaurant.html}}</ref>
Hirst, who had only loaned the restaurant the artwork on display on the premises, went on to pocket over £11 million when the items were auctioned at [[Sotheby's]].<ref name=Sotheby's>{{cite journal | author = Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain | month = October | year = 2004 | title = “Pharmacy” restaurant items sell for £11m | journal = The Pharmaceutical Journal | volume = 273 | issue = 7322 | pages = 594 | url = http://www.pjonline.com/Editorial/20041023/news/p594restaurant.html}}</ref>
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