Any newly establisheddrugretailershall be subject toapprovaland be granted the abovecertificateby the localdrugregulatoryagency at or above the county level.
Rite-Aid Corp. (25, RAD) is a drugretailer with some problems -- including overzealous expansion plans and trouble allocating inventory -- but it should grow almost as fast as Walgreen and CVS Corp.
All that conceded, if you are given to speculation, you might consider these prime candidates offered by Weisel: Drugstore.com, leading online drugretailer, is already 28% owned by Amazon.com and is a featured retailer on the site.