INTRODUCTION:
Highridge Pharmaceuticals Ltd is an importer, exporter, distributor and wholesaler of quality Pharmaceutical products, Laboratory diagnostic items, Surgicals and other Medical accessories.
The business started in 1997 as a retail pharmacy. Over the years, the company has subsequently grown and extended its operational services to larger healthcare institutions, hence developing a fully fledged Pharmacy & Poisons Board Kenya (PPB) certified wholesale division which commenced in November 2002. Ever since, we have endeavoured to provide our reputable clientele with the highest quality healthcare products and services in the Country today. The Chief Managers of our Company have a collective work experience of over 30 years in the Pharmaceutical, Laboratory, Surgical and Diagnostic supplies business throughout East and Central Africa.
Highridge Pharmaceuticals Ltd., therefore believes that it is a well equipped and qualified establishment, having supplied and delivered quality healthcare products to all leading major institutions countrywide, such as; the Aga Khan University Hospitals (East Africa), Gertrudes Children’s Hospital, Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH), Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (KEMSA), The Kenya Red Cross, The Walter Reed Project, The Karen Hospital and all Accacia Medical Centres, Laboratories and Pharmacies just to name a few. Hence, we feel that we are able perform any contracts successfully & satisfactorily according to the client’s specific needs and requirements.
Highridge Pharmaceuticals Ltd aims to become one of the most prominent and reputable pharmaceutical & healthcare product distributor and service provider in the East African region. The Company’s policy of holding adequate stocks of all items on its expansive price list has generated a broader and more satisfied clientele base throughout the region. The management of the Company is therefore committed to fielding a proactive approach in meeting its client’s needs in order to maximize customer satisfaction.
Hence from its humble beginnings, the business today has grown in stature attracting high quality healthcare agencies (shown below), as well as creating new innovative avenues of business throughout the region.
The Company’s future plans include obtaining more international companies for representation on an exclusive (Sole Agent) basis.
MAJOR CUSTOMERS
Apart from Provincial wholesalers, pharmacies, hospitals and medical centres throughout Kenya, the Company’s major customers include Kenyatta National Hospital, Aga Khan Health Services, All Aga Khan University Hospitals (East Africa), Gertrudes Children Hospital, M.P. Shah Hospital, Moi Teaching & Referral Hospital, Central Bank of Kenya, KEMSA (Ministry of Health, Kenya), The Kenya Red Cross, The Walter Reed Project, The Karen Hospital and other numerous private sector clinics and hospitals throughout East Africa.
The Company has over the last 18 months also supplied various products to Pharma Bolena in Bujumbura, Burundi and new markets in Sudan, Eritrea, Congo, Rwanda, Uganda and Tanzania.
MAIN AGENCIES:
Pharmaceuticals:
- Infusion Medicare Limited, Kenya
- Medivet Products Limited, Kenya
- Cosmos Limited, Kenya
- Lyka BDR International Ltd, India (Exclusive Agency)
- Sun Pharmaceuticals, India
- Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., China. - Recombinant Human Insulins. (Exclusive Agency)
- Astra Lifecare (India) pvt ltd-Dealing in pharmaceuticals(Exclusive Agency)
- Platinum Pharmaceuticals Ltd-Pakistan-Dealing in Pharmaceuticals, Dental and Hygienic Products (Exclusive Agency)
- Vifor Pharma Pvt Ltd- India -Infusions and water for injection
Surgical Goods:
- Angels /Shailesh Surgicals-Folley’s Catheters, Blood giving sets, I.V.Giving sets,Urine bags etc (Exclusive Agency)
- Deluxe Surgical, India -IV giving Sets,Urine bags etc (Exclusive Agency)-
- Mediplus Surgicals-IV Cannulaes (Exclusive Agency)
- Prime Medical Inc, Korea – Complete Orthapaedic Range (Exclusive Agency)
- Neomedic (PTY) Ltd., US. – Digital Thermometers & B.P.’s Healthease brands (Exclusive Agency)
Diagnostics:
- Medsource India – serology tests and Biochemistry
- Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech Co., Ltd. China – Rapid Diagnostic test strips and cassettes (Exclusive Agency)
- Polymer Technology Systems Inc., (PTS), USA. – Complete Portable Lipid Profile Machines (Exclusive Agency)
- 77 Elektronika Kft, Hungary. – Sensolite Blood Glucometers (Exclusive Agency)
- Biorad-USA- Dealing in Micromat HbA1c Meters and Cartridges
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