DKSH is a leading provider of Market Expansion Services for pharmaceutical, over-the-counter (OTC), consumer health and medical device companies seeking to grow their business in Asia Pacific and Switzerland. We provide a wide range of integrated and customized solutions, including registration, market entry studies, marketing and sales, redressing, physical distribution, as well as invoicing and cash collection.
Headquartered and publicly listed in Switzerland, we have a strong local healthcare presence in 16 markets.
In our nearly 160 years in Asia Pacific and Switzerland, we have built a capillary distribution network of unique scope and depth that includes thousands of professional healthcare outlets such as hospitals, clinics, doctors, pharmacies, drugstores, dentists and optical outlets. We can also tap into our network of retail outlets if required and develop new channels, such as eCommerce.
With the deep market knowledge provided by our healthcare specialists, as well as our commitment to international quality standards and corporate compliance, we set the benchmark in Asia Pacific and Switzerland.
Whether you are completely new to, expanding within or already well-established in Asia, we allow you to focus on your core competencies while driving your growth across the region. We understand that one size doesn’t fit every situation. With our deep industry expertise and broad local knowledge, we can develop customized and integrated solutions for your business success across Asia.
We currently support 500 clients from the healthcare industry, including companies like Bristol-Myers Squibb, Roche, Alcon, Medtronic, Sanofi and Bayer.
They understand the need to partner with a seasoned expert that has a deep understanding the market, has strong connections with customers and key stakeholders and, most importantly, can get their product into the hands of the end-consumers. We are committed to delivering the results you need to be successful. This is why, on average, our clients work with us for more than ten years and at least three Asian markets.
We also help our customers (chain pharmacies, personal care stores, hospitals, clinics) to grow their business in new and existing markets by providing access to high-quality products, staff training and customer services, like consignment inventory management.
For companies wishing to license out products in the Asian markets, we are a proven partner through stand-alone entities such as Medinova, Favorex and BiO-LiFE brand-owning businesses based in Switzerland and Asia.
We are experts in business integration and can support you at every stage of the product life cycle, from pre-launch regulatory support and product launches to full services for mature and non-core brands under our full service solutions business model or work with us on selected services.
Market entry
We use our in-depth market knowledge and insight to open up new markets for your products.
Our market entry services include:
We go to the extra mile to market with our fulfillment services include:
Activation and measurement
We have the capability to turn shoppers into buyers by developing engaging activities for customers in both modern and traditional trade.
Activation services we provide include:
Our experts use modern tools to continuously measure impacts and fine-tune strategies where necessary.
We provide the following measurement services:
Specialized regulatory consultancy
We provide registration and regulatory consulting services for food supplements, cosmetics and healthcare products and devices. Our regulatory affairs experts maintain ongoing liaisons with regulatory authorities, manage our clients’ dossiers, process a large number of marketing authorizations on behalf of our clients and safeguard their interests.
Regulatory services we provide include:
Pre-registration:
Registration:
Post-marketing:
The business performance of our brand in the Hong Kong market has been tremendously successful. There is no doubt that the strategic thinking and diligent operation of the team in DKSH have contributed to the substantial growth and penetration of our brand in the local market.
Eduard R. Dörrenberg, Managing Director, Dr. Wolff-Gruppe