Sunshine Healthcare Lanka partners with Lactalis-France

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Sunshine Healthcare Lanka (SHL), a leading healthcare company, has partnered with Lactalis of France to launch their innovative products in nutrition and pharmaceuticals to the local market. These products which are global brand leaders in their respective categories will provide consumers, patients and medical practitioners with a wide choice.

Established in 1933, Lactalis is a family-owned dairy group based in France. Their range of products from cheeses, milk, cream, butter, ultra-fresh, milk powder, has evolved considerably over the years, along with their reputation as a trusted brand.

Today Lactalis owns a series of prestigious French, as well as international brands, available in over 145 countries. The group, who employs 55,000 people, owns more than 200 industrial plants around the world and is now the number one dairy group in the world, number one dairy and cheese group in Europe and the number one milk collector and cheese producer in Europe.

In Sri Lanka, Lactalis International will initially re-introduce its Celia range of nutrition products with a view to launching many other of their brands in the future.

Sunshine Healthcare Lanka (SHL) limited who is the partner of choice for international healthcare companies seeking to grow their business in Sri Lanka, in the areas of pharmaceuticals, surgicals, diagnostics, medical devices and consumer health products, is a leading market expansion services provider, with the largest specialised healthcare team, with over 350 medical marketing and sales personnel.

The Sunshine Group’s 48 year entrepreneurial journey began with the healthcare business and has over the decades diversified in to becoming a publicly listed conglomerate with interests in Healthcare, Agri-business and FMCG.

Sunshine Healthcare Group Managing Director Vish Govindasamy says “The roots of this company go back to a pharmacy set up by our family back in 1967. It was a time when the multinationals were strongly positioned here, and pharmacies like ours played a strong secondary role. However, as time passed we ourselves became agents for these international companies, which brought about the formation of SHL. In the past few decades we have grown in knowledge and stature and today we represent some of the top international brands in innovator drugs and generics.”

“Today Sunshine Healthcare Lanka offers a broad range of customised services from registration to importation, customs clearance, sales, marketing and merchandising, warehousing and physical distribution. Some of our partners are Abbott Laboratories, Zydus Cadila, Glenmark Pharmaceuticals, Novo Nordisk, Johnson & Johnson Medical, 3M Healthcare, GE Healthcare and Siemens Diagnostics.”

The Group Managing Director says that this new partnership will not only grow their portfolio but will add to the already vibrant healthcare industry that exists in Sri Lanka.