PHARMACO: BORN OF A VISION

Ramesh Chitti, PHARMACO MANUFACTURING COMPANY LIMITED Head’s vision was to build a business that is aligned to the social good, in an environment and a society which is most lacking in providing basic healthcare. This led to a discovery of Southern Africa in general and Zambia in particular which was an acknowledged laggard in providing healthcare facilities to the poor and impoverished sections of society. That’s how Pharmaco was set up in Zambia.

COMPANY’S USP:

• Cut the costs of lab disposables and surgical face masks, – a highly scarce product in life-saving products sector – by as much as 40%.

• Totally nullified the 60-day waiting period hitherto for lab disposables and surgical face masks for healthcare professionals.

PHARMACO: MEASURING UP TO THE CHALLENGE

The following attributes gave us the confidence that we could take on the healthcare challenge facing Zambia and Southern Africa:

• Our Promoter’s extensive multiple domain experience and exposure in African healthcare.

• The company’s ground-level experience in Zambia for over 15 years which revealed that the need of the hour was to make quality health products , diagnostic kits and aides available, accessible and affordable to poor man on the street and in villages.

• The company’s own holistic and diverse experience of working in the African sub-continent revealed that the main reason for this was the high cost of healthcare products– and the solution therefore was suggested in the problem.