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Galenika Pharmacia is a factory that produces complete sanitary consumables – from compresses, gauzes and bandages, via disinfectants, to surgical masks that have become the number one product. Although exports at the beginning of the pandemic would have been the business move of the decade, no Galenika mask left Serbia

In agreement with the Serbian Ministry of Health, the And what about the markets you conquered prior to the Government of the Republic of Serbia and the Republican pandemic? Where do all your products end up? Health Insurance Fund (RHIF), we undertook to supply - We have for years been exporting to the Federation of Bosnia numerous clinics and pharmacies with surgical masks and and Herzegovina, North Macedonia and Montenegro; our products disinfectants when that was most needed. reach Nigeria and Iraq, and a year ago we established cooperation

Behind you is an extremely dynamic, gruelling and exhausting German-Serbian Chamber of Commerce thanks to our good busiperiod. You have many reasons to be proud of your team, right? ness results, which is yet more confirmation for us and our work. - Yes, you are right. Galenika Pharmacia represented the We are at an advantage over other companies that do the backbone of the supply of our health institutions and same work because we also have a respected brand, as well pharmacies during a very challenging period. At the beas quality, knowhow, professionalism and competitive prices, ginning of the pandemic, with the help of Prime Minister and alongside all of that we are a more than reliable partner,

Ana Brnabić, we engaged a large number of professional which was also confirmed at the beginning of the pandemic. staff and expanded production capacities. Given the great All this allows us to conquer new markets. urgency of the situation, we reduced all other production with Germany. Galenika Pharmacia became a member of the flows to a minimum. Although export - There is currently a lull as far as the even just within the region - would have We produce masks with silver pandemic is concerned, and supply has been the business move of the decade, given the shortage of this product in nanoparticles for the Novak normalised. How do your operations look generally? every country, not a single mask from Đoković Foundation, and we - We managed to secure a leading position our factory left Serbia. also produce protective masks on the market and maintain it successfully.

At the instant when disinfectants were in short supply on the with five protection filters We supply all healthcare institutions, from hospitals/health centres, pharmacies and market the most, we secured large pharmaceutical institutes, via private capacities for their production. Moreover, we produce and state hospitals and clinics, to major healthcare centres. masks with silver nanoparticles for the Novak Đoković We have divided our operations by sector, so we have

Foundation, and we also produce protective masks with a sector for the production of sterile and non-sterile comfive protection filters. presses, plasters, adhesive bandages and other bandages, a

I am proud to note that there has never been a drop in sector for the distribution of medical devices in Serbia and quality at the expense of speed or efficiency at our factory, the surrounding countries, and a sector for the production of as evidenced by the fact that, for instance, the Belgrade first aid kits, car and motorcycle pharmacies, as well as first

Pharmacy Institution didn’t have a single complaint. aid kits for employees in emergencies and natural disasters.