Top 5 Importers of Pharmaceutical in Rwanda

Surgipharm

Surgipharm is a health care company involved in the importation, exportation, distribution and marketing of a multitude of health related products and services; ranging in everything from lifesaving drugs like ARVs, to life style products for weight loss, to diagnostic equipment used in monitoring oxygen levels in blood.
Over the years Surgipharm has grown its business into eight different segments, with each being equally important to the company.
Surgipharm’s aim is to improve the health and wellbeing of the people living and working in Uganda, Rwanda and the surrounding regions through supplying quality medical products and added value services. The company serves research institutions and NGOs, hospitals and government organisations, large wholesalers and retailers, and animal health care businesses.

SOPHAR is a leader of the distribution of pharmaceutical products in Rwanda. Created in 2007 by 58 pharmacists under the Association of Pharmacists in Rwanda, the company imports branded drugs, medical equipments, consumables and laboratory reagents and markets them across the country. SOPHAR’s priority is to improve the quality, affordability and availability of drugs in Rwanda.
Our commitments to quality and availability are rooted in the expertise of our teams. Sophar has been founded and is managed by experienced pharmacists ensuring a real appreciation of products, supply chain and quality control
Sophar partners with the major pharmaceutical companies and strictly applies international safety standards. Wide product range: more than 2000 references (Branded products, Laboratory consumables, etc)

APL was incorporated as a Private Limited Company in the year 1995 under the flagship of Kiboko Group of Companies. Within a span of 15 years the Company has grown from a Small Distributor to one of the Leading Importers and Distributor of Pharmaceutical Formulations, Surgical & Non-surgical Items. APL represents several reputed pharmaceutical manufacturing companies & surgical / non-surgical item companies spread across India, China, Middle East, Pakistan, UK & Kenya.
At Abacus Pharma Ltd we provide a wide variety of pharmaceutical products for the local market at affordable prices and are now operational in Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and are working towards expanding to the rest of Africa to become the leading Pharmaceutical distributor in Africa.
Abacus Pharma is fully ISO certified, having been awarded an ISO 9001:2008 rating in 2012 by both Nemko AS and IQNet for implementing an maintaining a Quality Management System in accordance with the ISO standard for Management Systems.

Cooper Pharma, a leading Moroccan pharmaceutical company, yesterday signed a deal that paves way for construction of a plant in Rwanda to manufacture antibiotics. The deal is one of the outcomes of talks between the Government and the visiting high-level delegation from Morocco led by King Mohamed VI that arrived in Rwanda on Tuesday for a three-day state visit.
Cooper Pharma produces a large number of products: over 200 specialties in nearly 300 presentations both for its own range of branded generics and on behalf of international pharmaceutical companies that constantly renew their trust and loyalty.
Our products are manufactured in our various sites and many of the products manufactured by Cooper Pharma are leaders in Morocco.

L.E.A.F. Pharmaceuticals is a global pharmaceutical company with a mission to discover, develop and commercialize innovative and safe therapies for cancer, autoimmune and infectious diseases.
L.E.A.F. Pharmaceuticals does also harness scientific advances and breakthroughs in molecular biology and biochemistry, and re-engineers failed, or non-effective but yet promising molecules, with the goal to discover new, safer or more effective medicines.
L.E.A.F. Rwanda Ltd, a biotechnology company, will be headquartered in Kigali. The parent firm is located in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA. It says its mission is to discover, develop and commercialise innovative and safe therapies for cancer. The company expects to focus on establishing Rwanda as a hub for biotechnology Research and Development (R&D) as well as pharmaceutical manufacturing in Africa.