DKSH and OMRON Asia Pacific – Philippine Branch (Healthcare Division) have announced a partnership to provide Filipinos with essential health equipment to keep track of their health status at home. The agreement is in line with DKSH's strategy of expanding into higher value-added segments and services, such as medical devices.
Media release
The Philippines, September 7, 2021– The collaboration between DKSH Business Unit Healthcare, Asia's leading partner for healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Asia and beyond, and OMRON's Healthcare Business will help enhance the reach of OMRON's quality home healthcare monitoring and therapy devices across hospitals, clinics, and pharmacies across the Philippines.
OMRON and DKSH have been collaborating in many Asia Pacific markets. The extended partnership to the Philippines will focus on providing OMRON's digital blood pressure monitors, thermometers, body composition monitors, and nebulizers to patients to proactively monitor, and manage their health under the supervision of their physicians. DKSH, on the other hand, will offer OMRON a wide range of solutions and services, including marketing, sales, logistics, and distribution support.
Yusuke Kato, General Manager for OMRON Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. – Philippine Branch (Healthcare Division), said: “We are committed to improving the health of people in the Philippines. This partnership will help patients have better access to high-quality healthcare products. With DKSH's leading marketing and sales competencies, supported by its strong logistics platforms, and its commitment to international quality standards and corporate compliances, we aim to make a significant progress in achieving our vision of zero heart attacks and strokes in the Philippines.”
Carlo Dominique, Assistant General Manager, Business Unit Healthcare, DKSH, added: “We are proud to serve OMRON Healthcare with marketing and sales as well as logistics and distribution. With a broad reach across our different commercial channels, we are committed to driving the expansion for OMRON's Healthcare Business in the Philippines. While we deliver growth across the market, our client can focus on the development of new products to bring new quality home healthcare products to those in need.”
For further information, please contact:
DKSH Business Unit Healthcare
Sheena Flannery
Director, Group Communications
Phone +66 2 220 9739
sheena.flannery@dksh.com
OMRON Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd – Philippine Branch (Healthcare Division)
Janis Calaqui
Marketing Manager
janis.calaqui@omron.com
About OMRON Healthcare Business
Committed to helping people live more active and fulfilling lives, OMRON Healthcare is a global leader in the field of clinically proven, innovative medical equipment for health monitoring and therapy. Throughout its history, OMRON Healthcare has been striving to improve lives and contribute to a better society by developing innovations that help people prevent, treat and manage their medical conditions, both at home and in clinical practice in over 110 countries.
The OMRON Healthcare Group, headquartered in Kyoto, Japan, provides World’s No.1 blood pressure monitors (Global Home Appliance Market Comprehensive Survey 2020 by Fuji Keizai Co.,Ltd.(2019)). The company’s additional core product categories are respiratory care, pain management devices, and wellness products. It also develops and activates remote patient monitoring service in the field of cardiovascular condition management.
For more information on OMRON’s Healthcare business in the Philippines, please visit OMRON’s website at https://www.omronhealthcare-ap.com/ph
About DKSH
DKSH’s purpose is to enrich people’s lives. For more than 150 years, we have been delivering growth for companies in Asia and beyond across our Business Units Healthcare, Consumer Goods, Performance Materials and Technology. As a leading Market Expansion Services provider, we offer sourcing, market insights, marketing and sales, eCommerce, distribution and logistics as well as after-sales services. Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, DKSH operates in 36 markets with 32,450 specialists, generating net sales of CHF 10.7 billion in 2020. The DKSH Business Unit Healthcare distributes pharmaceuticals,
consumer health and over-the-counter (OTC) products as well as medical devices. With around 7,970
specialists, the Business Unit generated net sales of CHF 5.4 billion in 2020. www.dksh.com/hec