Quality medicine shouldn’t cost more than it has to.

Sannovex bridges the gap between efficacy and affordability of high-quality medicines, bringing proven medicines from Europe and Asia to hospitals across the Philippines.

Sannovex team members planning at a whiteboard

Who we are.

Sannovex Pharmaceutical Distributor is a Filipino-owned sole proprietorship. We import, market, sell and distribute pharmaceutical products in injectable and oral forms, made for us by manufacturers around the world under contract manufacturing agreements.

We are registered under Philippine law and authorized to operate nationwide, and we follow the ethical standards set by the Food and Drug Administration and other regulators in the pharmaceutical industry.

How we got here.

2006–07
Sannovex markets generic products approved by the Philippines’ Bureau of Food and Drugs and gives doctors and hospitals free medicines for clinical impression trials. The result: generics from reputable sources work as well as originator drugs, and help patients save 25 to 80%.
2010
Sannovex-branded products arrive from manufacturers in China and India. The field force starts with 10 medical representatives.
2011
Products from European manufacturers join the range. The team grows to 25.
2012
The field force reaches 40 representatives.
2013
80 representatives across two divisions, Line 1 and Line 2.
2023
Sannovex enters oral preparations, starting with mosapride citrate, levodropropizine and carvedilol.
2024
Our quality management system is certified to ISO 9001:2015 by SGS.

Our mission.

Provide healthcare professionals, hospitals and patients with branded, high-quality, life-saving medicines at an affordable cost.
Offer highly efficient and cost-effective technology, fast delivery and reasonable payment terms, on a win-win principle.
Expand global product sourcing so that essential medicines stay available, especially those in short supply in the Philippines.

Our vision.

Become one of the top 5 pharmaceutical companies in the Philippines by 2027 in major therapeutic areas: injectables, anti-infectives, cardio-metabolic, respiratory, oncology, analgesics and over-the-counter medicines.
Be one of the most client-friendly companies for hospitals, health professionals, drugstores and patients, by building long-lasting professional relationships.
Be one of the highest-paying companies in the Philippines.
Commit to social responsibility for less privileged individuals and communities.

ISO 9001:2015 certified quality management.

The quality management system of Sannovex Pharmaceutical Distributor is certified to ISO 9001:2015 by SGS for these activities: application (initial and renewal), importation, local sourcing, warehousing, distribution and destruction of pharmaceutical products.

The certification covers how we run these activities. It is not a certification of individual products.

Certificate: PH24/00000027
Valid: 13 February 2024 to 12 February 2027

Verify in the SGS Certified Clients DirectorySearch for Sannovex Pharmaceutical Distributor or PH24/00000027.

Our quality policy

Sannovex commits to provide customers and healthcare professionals with high-quality medicines at an affordable cost while continuously improving its importation and distribution of safe and effective pharmaceutical products that satisfies customer’s needs.
To achieve the company’s mission and vision, Sannovex shall maintain functional, extensive, and continuous improvement of the Quality Management System while ensuring compliance with all applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.

SANN-QMS-QP (V01, 01012023), effective January 1, 2023

Our manufacturing partners.

Established manufacturers that follow Current Good Manufacturing Practice, several of them inspected by the Philippine FDA.

China
- NCPC Pharmaceuticals Company
- Shandong Xier Kangtai Pharmaceutical
- Livzon Group Pharmaceutical
- Reyoung Pharmaceutical
- Zhuhai United Laboratories
Korea
- Korea United Pharm
Ukraine
- Yuria-Pharm
Greece
- Anfarm Hellas S.A.
Turkey
- Pharmavision San. ve Tic. A.Ş.
India
- Pell Tech Health Care Pvt. Ltd.