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PharmaCorp Rx Inc. completed the acquisition of a PharmaChoice Canada-bannered pharmacy in Western Canada for $1.3 million and acquired prescription files from an I.D.A.-bannered pharmacy for $475,000, bringing its total store count to 17 pharmacies. The company also increased its credit facility with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce from $17.5 million to $27.5 million and has a non-binding letter of intent to acquire three additional PharmaChoice Canada-bannered pharmacies in Atlantic Canada.

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