Safa company profile

SAFA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES CO.

Company Profile www.safapharm.com

SAFA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES CO.

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A Word from the Chairman:

We constantly strive to provide the highest quality medicine for all and maintain a leading position in the Iraqi market through continuously improving our knowledge, production capabilities, and competitiveness. We shall always rely on the highest quality standards in achieving all of our goals.

We differentiate ourselves by successfully managing profitable growth. The leadership and staff is totally committed to quality and is continually on the lookout for further development.

Dr. Abd Munaf Al-Sarraf

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History of Al-Saraf Group Al-Saraf Group is a family owned specialty pharmaceutical group of companies, that brings to the Iraqi market, high quality, result driven pharmaceutical products backed with vast experience gained over 30 years since inception in 1970 by Dr Abd Munaf Al-Sarraf & a team of visionary dedicated pharmacists.

Al-Saraf Group of Companies: - SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. (manufacturing of different pharmaceutical forms) - Zaid Al-Saraf Scientific Bureau (representation for foreign brands) - Al-Muthana Drugs Store (storage & distribution) - Al-Saraf Pharmacy (retail pharmacy) - Al-Shaheed Drugs Factory (manufacturing of liquid products) - SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co - Jordan (Regional office) 4

Our Vision: Having achieved an image and reputation of Iraq’s leading quality pharmaceutical producer among consumers, practitioners, and regulatory authorities, we envisage to maintain this pioneering position.

Our vision remains unchanged to ensure that all of our products are of the highest quality and add value to the medical community. Our products cover key therapeutic areas focused on the patient’s wellbeing.

We aim to provide better access to medicines by delivering unparalleled quality, cost effective products to patients.

Our Mission: - Adding exceptional value through the creation of innovative medical products and services for the benefit of the medical community and human health.

- Achieve management excellence and implement total quality principles.

- Continuously improve the quality of our products and services to satisfy and exceed customer expectations.

- Attract and encourage the international firms to invest in the Iraqi Market - Manufacture & distribute innovative products under license - Exceed expectations for all our contract manufacturing business.

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Introduction to SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. We are a leading Iraqi pharmaceutical company founded in 1996 as a part of Al-Saraf Group. Our goal is to provide the best pharmaceutical products to Iraqi market that has been long deprived for quality medicines.

Our desire from the inception was to satisfy the local market’s increasing needs through developing, manufacturing and marketing a whole range of solid, semi-solid and liquid generic products.

Through the years we achieved a remarkably significant presence in the local Iraqi market , we are currently manufacturing more than eighty different pharmaceutical products and distributing throughout the country.

We constantly add new products to our ever increasing portfolio.

Our new manufacturing facility extension, a two-floor facility of 3200 square meters entirely dedicated to vial, ampoule, cream & ointment forms. This new facility will be officially inaugurated

by December 2014.

Manufacturing: As a leading GMP & cGMP certified Pharmaceutical manufacturer, SAFA has invested significantly in top quality and world leading branded equipment to produce high quality generics.

We are one of the preferred suppliers to the Ministry of Health. We have several regular annual contracts to supply to the government, especially because of our ability to deliver high quality medicines at a competitive price as well as the capacity to supply volumes.

We currently produce over 300 million tablets, 150 million capsules, 15 million syrups & suspensions, 30 million suppositories per annum.

With our new facility we will be doubling our existing capacity also adding around 50 million units of sterilized injectable from December 2014.

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Quality Control & Quality Assurance: Using latest technology & equipment and IPC (In Process Control) systems and strict adherence to GMP & latest cGMP standards, we have consistently delivered the highest quality medicines to the Iraqi market.

Regulatory Department: Our Registration Department comprises of a dedicated team of highly qualified and experienced specialists with thorough knowledge of the legal requirements in the Iraqi Ministry of Health.

Other than managing regulatory affairs, the team also provides valuable technical support to our customers.

This important department within the group, strengthens Safa Pharmaceutical Industries’ position in the Iraqi market and for a bright future. We are confident to secure ourselves as the market leader in the coming years as the top private enterprises amongst Iraq’s flourishing pharmaceutical industry.

Our Assurance: Excellent track record of productivity & commitment to succeed that had secured SAFA’s position in the forefront of the industry amongst Iraq’s privately-owned pharmaceutical firms since 1996.

We guarantee the quality of our products with: - Our in-depth understanding of the Iraqi market & expertise in the pharmaceutical field.

- Our investments in high-tech, specialized equipment.

- Our strict quality control procedures.

- GMP certified.

Value Added Services: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. also operates a customer care service for consumers, doctors, distributors, etc. providing valuable information for inquires about our products.

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International activities: Amongst SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co.’s other activities is the regular participation in pharmaceutical events exhibitions and conferences worldwide especially CPHI in Europe, India and China, Chemspec in Europe, Interpack in Germany, Duphat and Arab health in UAE. Our participation in these international events has helped build commercial relations with many companies worldwide. We constantly look for innovative companies and partnerships and actively invest in opportunities for mutually beneficial business relations.

We have exclusively opened our offices in Amman, Jordan to facilitate international trade, import & distribution for companies we represent.

Distribution in Iraq: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. products can be found in most wholesale distribution stores & pharmacies across Iraq’s eighteen provinces.

Our own fleet of vehicles covers all of the eighteen provinces in Iraq. With a highly organized logistics team, prompt & timely deliveries are assured and guaranteed to all our clients.

Our DDT (Direct Distribution Team), is dedicated to a select few companies that we represent who focus on a model of “not relying on the middle man” i.e. sub-distributor to ensure excellent service is provided round the clock.

Our office in Amman, Jordan has a team of Tele-sales representatives to provide and process sales orders.

A specialist team is housed in our Jordan office for all importation of foreign products into the Iraqi market that we represent.

We cover all channels of distribution through our own sales force of medical representatives, appointed distributors, sub-distributors and dedicated team for doctors, hospitals & clinics.

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Company highlights: -Our first manufacturing facility was built in 1988 which later became the launching point for our first expansion as SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. venture that saw the light in 1996.

-SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. is a pharmaceutical company, founded in Iraq in 1996.

-SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. is the only Iraqi company that established to manufacture both human and veterinary pharmaceuticals.

-SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. initially commenced the production of human medicines in 1996 with syrup and suspension lines, gradually expanding its range to include tablets , capsules , suppositories and drops.

-SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. has now more than eighty registered products with different strengths & dosage forms.

-We supply pharmacies and wholesale drug stores, we also supply government-owned healthcare providers like hospitals and primary healthcare centres all over the country under the auspices of the Iraqi Ministry of Health.

-SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. has an experienced workforce of more than a hundred fifty individuals. We are firmly established in business for over 30 years.

With our new expansion plan, SAFA would be one of the largest privately owned pharmaceutical manufacturers of Iraq, bringing about new hope and possibilities to a developing nation.

International representations: -Our offices in Jordan is managing international businesses, currently we represent over a dozen international healthcare companies from Europe, Australia, UAE and India.

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Key events in SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co. History: 1996: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co established in Diyala, Iraq.

1996: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co began manufacturing liquid forms (syrups, mixtures, elixirs and suspensions).

1998: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co established capsules line ( Iraq’s first private pharmaceutical industry to establish capsules line).

1999: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co established tablets line (the biggest tablets line with six tableting machines).

2000: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co established suppositories line (SPI is the only private pharmaceutical industry that has a suppositories line in the country).

2001: SAFA Pharmaceutical Industries Co has more than fifty registered items in the market.

2003: The new extension facility is now built on a 3200 square meters of land and we are set to become the largest privately-owned pharmaceutical manufacturer in Iraq.

2004-2007 : Adding new production and packaging lines 2008 : Beginning the construction of our new plant 2009 : Opening of SAFA regional office in AmmanJordan 2010-Present: Submission tens of registration files to Ministry of Health.

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International representations: Currently we represent over a dozen international healthcare companies from Europe, Australia, UAE and India.

Although we represent many companies in Iraq, a few of our strong partnerships with long term relations are: 1- RelonChem – UK 2- Pasante- UK 3- Life On Healthcare Ltd - UK 4- Scanpharm-Denmark 5- UAS Pharmaceuticals -Australia 6- Tekno-USA 7- Renggli AG \ SalvisLab - Switzerland 8- Heino Ilsman-Germany 9- Karnavati - India 10- Maharshi – India 11- Elmach - India 12- Nuplas-UAE 13- Chanelle Medical – Ireland 14- DSM – Switzerland

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SAFA PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRIES CO. Company Profile

Main Office (Iraq): Baghdad / Al Bataween Q. 101-St. 25-Bldg. No. 19/2 Tel.: +964 (1) 8185648, +964 (7400) 155945 Factory: Diala-Iraq Regional Office (Jordan): Tel.: +962 (6) 5510632 Fax.: +962 (6) 5510635 P.O.Box: 3509 Amman 11953 Jordan

E-mail: info@safapharm.com www.safapharm.com