The apothecary
Bernardin Duranc, an apothecary from Montpellier, had the idea of setting up a Droguier (drugstore) in 1588 to demonstrate the preparation of drugs, or medicinal preparations of the time, to "medical students."
Having fallen into relative obscurity, the Droguier was revived with the creation of the School of Pharmacy in 1803. The second largest drug store in France after the one in Paris, it is one of the last living witnesses to the history of European pharmacopoeia. It has a unique collection of around 15,000 drug samples, most of which are of plant origin.
The entire Droguier complex was listed as a Historic Monument on November 20, 2009, by the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Cultural Affairs Directorate.
On December 1, 2021, the Droguier Chair, chaired by the director of the Pharmacy Department, was created within the Montpellier University Foundation.
