The first state-owned pharmacy in Serbia

Prva državna ljekarna u Srbiji Dvorska i voena apoteka, poslije Pravitelstvena apoteka, datira od 1836. godine. Godine 1839., premještanjem državnog sjedišta, ljekarna prelazi iz Kragujevca u Beograd da bi se nakon osam mjeseci rada vratila u Kragujevac. Konačno preseljenje ljekarne u Beograd uslijedilo je 8. prosinca 1841. godine. Pravitelstvena apoteka tijekom svoga rada razvija farmaceutsku djelatnost i profil prave zdravstvene ustanove. Posjeduje dobro opremljen laboratorij i pribor za obavljanje kemijskih analiza mineralnih voda i toksikoloških i biokemijskih analiza za potrebe suda. Kao preteča kemijskog laboratorija, iz nje izrasta primijenjena kemija u Srbiji, a postaje i kontrolno tijelo za druge ljekarne. Godine 1853. u Kragujevcu se osniva ogranak Pravitelstvene apoteke pod nazivom Filijalna Pravitelstvena apoteka, koja se stavlja pod izravnu upravu Glavne apoteke u Beogradu, a za provizora se postavlja mr. ph. Đorđe Bogdanović. Obje državne ljekarneThe first state-owned pharmacy in Serbia dates back to 1836. At first its title was Dvorska i vojna apoteka (Court and Military Pharmacy), which later changed to Pravitelstvena apoteka (Government Pharmacy). The pharmacy moved from Kragujevac to Belgrade on two occasions along with the government seat, to finally settle in Belgrade on 8 December 1841 Pravitelstvena Apoteka fostered the developement of the pharmaceutical science in the country and acted as a public healthcare institution. It had a state-of-the-art laboratory, equipped for chemical analysis of mineral water and for toxicological and biochemical analysis of water containers. It is the cradle of the applied chemistry in Serbia and it operated as a controlling centre for other pharmacies. In 1853, Pravitelstvena Apoteka opened a branch Filijala Pravitelstvene Apoteke, which was run by the Central Pharmacy in Belgrade and the appointed administrator Đorđe Bogdanović, MPharm. On 10 June 1859, both pharmacies were privatised by the decree of the Prince of Serbia, Duke Miloš Obrenović