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Watched with Subtitles.
Source Material : Unread

Drug Store in Another World: The Slow Life of a Cheat Pharmacist is a superficial isekai fantasy. It's a crude attempt at disguising an average fantasy under the isekai banner to garner the coalesced viewership.

The fleeting references of MC's previous world and life are dreary and unexciting. The plot does not have anything unique to offer, anything to provide this title a base of it's own. The main and recurring character's have very little to no development throughout the series, while supporting characters are better in this regard. One theme running across the whole twelve episodes is the change ... in mannerisms of various obnoxious characters thanks to the earthly wisdom of reincarnated MC, which feels overused after a couple of episodes. MC's interaction with an isekai world is also missing. Lot of unexplained material in the plot, which may leave the viewer hanging.
Animation style is not praise-worthy either. Each frame seems bland, lacks depth, and the colours don't contribute to bringing the scene and characters to life and light. The characters animations lack variability of expression, which further moves interest from the happenings of the plot.
Constraint for this does not seem to have been a budget issue, but more of a lack of interest of the creators.

Overall, it seems as though it's a filler title, or something targeted at the youngest of the shounen demographics. As, that alone can be the reason to compromise on every element which contributes and constitutes to an anime.

Does this anime deserve a try? Sure, if you are ~09~13 years of age, or if you are older but can watch with the perspective of your youngest self. The only other time I would recommend this anime to be given a chance is if you have nothing else to watch and won't mind a bleak fantasy to keep the much needed anime drug to live on. Not un-watchable, but last on rear end of the priority list.