We are the Medi Pharma Group of Firms

The most trusted, prominent and well-established name in the business of ethical wholesale distribution servicing Kerala’s healthcare industry, with a valuable trade expertise legacy of 65 years and counting.

We understand the criticality of selecting the right vendor who can handle, store, monitor and transport your sensitive medical products within ideal temperature conditions, with zero compromise in product integrity.

Look no further, you’re in the right place. Your search for a reliable, modernized, global-standard distribution channel partner to help you achieve your business objectives ends here.

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    • Our Value Proposition

    At Medi Pharma Group, we take the matter of storage, transportation & delivery of sensitive, high-value pharmaceutical products, vaccines, critical-care drugs and medical devices very seriously. At our core lies the ability to service the full spectrum of distribution needs for an exclusive portfolio of selective, top-tier multinational (FDA/EMA/CE approved) & domestic (CDSCO approved) companies with a presence in India’s thriving healthcare manufacturing continuum, while satisfying the burgeoning demands of Kerala’s lucrative, fast-growing healthcare market and hospital network.

    Emerging from our roots as a family-owned establishment with a firmly aligned value system that emphasizes upon ethical business tactics, modernization and technological finesse, our group has seamlessly consolidated its position amongst the most premier players in the Kerala pharmaceutical distribution space over the last few decades by consistently upholding the highest quality operational standards essential for enduring long-term success in a highly complex, competitive & constantly evolving industry.

    Products Range

    Pharmaceutical Products

    Medical Devices & Equipment

    Vaccines

    High-end Antibiotics

    Critical Care Medicines

    Facial Aesthetics

    Ophthamology

    Cardiology

    Diabetes Care

    Oncology

    Diagnostic Products

    Surgicals & Accessories

    What We Offer

    Our four specialized business units are streamlined to provide our clients with a complete suite of tailor-made healthcare supply-chain solutions, including product sourcing, last-mile logistics, modernized warehousing, inventory management, cold-chain storage, wholesale distribution & market-entry advisory services.

    We leverage this significant scope of operations via efficient utilization of our international-standard warehouses & cold-chain infrastructure, which are intelligently designed to handle large quantities of medical supplies within controlled storage conditions to ensure that products are adequately stocked, safely handled and dispatched in a timely manner onwards to our vast network of end customers. All our units hold relevant Wholesale / Retail drug licenses and operate as per the guidelines provided by the DCGI (Drug Controller General of India) under CDSCO following the Drug & Cosmetic Act 1940.

    Core Services

    Wholesale Distribution

    Last-Mile Logistics

    Sourcing

    International Standard Warehousing

    Cold-Chain Storage

    C & FA + Super Stocking

    Inventory Management

    Supply-Chain Solutions

    Market Entry Advisory & Other Value-Added Services

    Temperature Monitoring

    Our Distribution Network

    To achieve our objectives, we bank upon a wealth of market knowledge and sector-specific trade expertise amassed by our management to assist our esteemed clients in successfully navigating the highly competitive, fast-growing sales-base of customers in our regions of operation (North & Central Kerala) which includes a sizeable cluster of small/medium/large hospitals, nursing homes, private clinics, retailers/pharmacies and other healthcare provider facilities.

    We maintain close-knit relationships with the management, doctors, staff and relevant decision makers within our tight network, and harness our ability to harmonize meaningful, long-term business associations between medical manufacturers and healthcare providers to address critical trade gaps within our capacity as trusted channel-partners and trade-advisors.

    Customers

    Hospitals

    Private Clinics

    Pharmacies & Retail Shops

    Nursing Homes

    Laboratories

    Doctors

    Patients

    How We Can Help

    Currently in our 4th generation of business, we are highly change-oriented as a group and are consistently open to exploring new avenues of business development & trade ventures. We are constantly at the helm of embracing processes and ideas that steer our organization towards further modernization, upgradation and innovation pertaining to our physical infrastructure, operational mindset as well as adaptiveness to new technology/digitalization.

    Whether you represent an established multinational/Indian pharmaceutical company, vaccine maker or medical-device manufacturer, or are on the verge of seeking market-entry into the Kerala healthcare arena, we strive to actively engage with your sales team to discuss mutually beneficial business opportunities that can add fundamental value to your growth story and aid you in your future expansion strategy.

    Contact us to find out more about how we assist in creating bespoke strategies for healthcare manufacturers to boost their current sales, promote their brands and increase their market share.

    Business Dashboard

  • 4

    Warehouse Units with Cold-Chain

  • 2

    City HQs

  • 65+

    Years of Operation

  • 4

    Generations of Business

  • 10,000

    Sq.Ft. Office Premises

  • 9/14

    Districts covered in Kerala

  • 25000

    Sq.Km. of Sales Coverage Area

  • 100+

    Healthcare Manufacturer Clients

  • 1000+

    Unique Healthcare Customers

  • 250+

    Daily Invoices

    • Competitive Advantages

    • 65+ year presence in Kerala healthcare distribution space
    • Sector-specific market expertise on intricacies of Indian healthcare industry
    • High degree of market goodwill & longstanding reputation for ethical practices
    • Extensive trade relationships with decision makers / buyers in our customer network
    • Long-term association with top-tier Multinational & Domestic healthcare companies
    • Exclusive portfolio of quality US FDA/ EMA / CE / CDSCO approved products
    • Minimum lead-times for procurement and dispatch with efficient after-sales service mechanism
    • Prompt order fulfillment and accurate deliveries as per customer purchase orders
    • Capacity to follow-up timely stock replenishment / product availability, and track product movement / indent generation at customers’ end
    • Well-defined protocols for handling complaints, returns, claims and expiries
    • Dynamic, well-trained and technically qualified sales-force
    • In-depth knowledge on regional norms, regulations and business protocols
    • Robust financial capacity, liquidity and working capital base for leveraging business expansion
    • Strict compliance with statutory / legal / licensing requirements and quality-assurance standards
    • State of the art international-standard warehousing, cold-storage and logistical infrastructure
    • Decentralized business structure with resource-sharing capabilities amongst multiple self-sustaining trading units
    • Technology-driven inventory management systems to enable stock availability & on-time product deliveries with minimal delays
    • Active involvement by top management in strategy formulation, commercial expansion and channel-partner relationship management

    Infrastructure

    At our core lies a fundamental belief – to transform, adapt and grow our physical infrastructure assets in tandem with the ever-changing business requirements of today, to emerge fully equipped to handle the complex challenges of tomorrow. With this in mind, our future-oriented growth strategy for the decade 2020-30 is firmly grounded upon modernizing & upgrading our logistical setup, storage premises, cold-chain facilities and warehousing infrastructure in line with international standards, to truly differentiate ourselves from our competitors.

    Our trading facilities have been newly redesigned in this regard, to be fully compliant with World Health Organization’s Good Distribution Practices (WHO GDP) regulatory guidelines and further in accordance to ISO:9001 industry standards.

  • Walk-in Cold Chains with 24-hour generator backup facility (2-8C)
  • Fully air-conditioned product storage areas with deep freezers / refrigerators (18-25C)
  • Real-time temperature monitoring, calibration and data logging
  • State-of-the-art temperature-controlled warehousing space with dedicated staff
  • Strict SOP/protocols & documentation for safe product handling, dispatch/receipt, storage, packaging, labelling and hygiene maintenance
  • Rigorous Quality Management System (QMS) in place to maintain integrity at every aspect of the multilayered supply-chain process, from manufacturer to end-customer
  • Software-based enterprise systems for inventory management, invoicing and documentation
  • Well-spaced high quality rack & pallet based storage layout
  • Separated loading/unloading bays, incoming/outgoing dispatch areas, packaging/inspection tables and separated expired goods storage
  • Intelligently designed warehouse layout with provisions for fire safety, pest/rodent control, access control, cyber surveillance, air curtains and housekeeping/hygiene control measures
  • Modern office spaces attached with conference rooms & visitors’ lobby

    • WHO-GDP Compliance

    We take this opportunity to highlight our firm’s most recent achievement, and a strategically critical milestone in our growth journey. With great pride, we hereby announce that our Kochi unit Medi Combines has been officially awarded a Certificate of Compliance to World Health Organization’s Good Distribution Practices (WHO-GDP) after clearing multiple stages of relevant audits, in May 2022.

    We view this initiative as a major internal upgrade to the way we redefine our operational processes, warehousing infrastructure & methodologies, and employee performance criteria. All critical functions shall be aligned to these new standards within an intelligently designed, well maintained warehouse infrastructure layout. Within this systematic framework, we pledge to achieve full-fledged ‘Cold-Chain Integrity’ in our supply chain process flow – this is in line with our 2020-30 Strategy of enhancing lives of patients/end-users of the medicines & vaccines that we are authorized to distribute, by ensuring that product efficacy is not compromised upon at any step in the multilayered distribution timeline.

    It is in our purview to to ensure that temperature-control is maintained from the moment goods are received at our doorstep, until we deliver the goods in the hands of our end customer. This shall become a fundamental strategic component of our company ethos going forward, and is bound to differentiate our value addition to Kerala’s institutional healthcare fraternity.

    What does this initiative mean for us as an organisation, and how will it reshape the manner in which we conduct our business operations?

    A new vision

    We are making a renewed commitment to playing an increasingly vital role in enhancing the lives of patients/end users of the medicines & vaccines we store, transport & distribute, by ensuring that product efficacy is not compromised at any link in the complex supply chain flow

    Cold-Chain integrity

    We pledge to achieve full fledged cold-chain integrity by adhering to rigorous, global-standard norms and protocols for handling / storing / monitoring / transporting sensitive pharmaceutical products within appropriate temperature conditions. This will be aided by incorporating comprehensive GDP guidelines laid out in the form of Quality Management Systems and well defined SOP’s, which serves as further reassurance to our principal companies that their valuable stock is being handled with utmost attention to regulatory compliances

    Infrastructure changes

    Our warehouse has been redesigned to accommodate to the latest guidelines set out within the WHO GDP framework, with fully functional storage areas for ambient (18-25 C) as well as cold-chain (2-8 C) products. Strictly defined international standard SOPs shall govern all critical operations including incoming/outgoing goods movement, product inspection, packaging, FEFO inventory management, rack/pallet wise storage, segregation of quarantined/expired/damaged goods, and general warehouse hygiene. Designated areas are defined for each of these processes as part of an intelligently designed warehousing layout

    Safety & Surveillance

    Our valuable inventory shall be kept under 24x7 CCTV surveillance. Fire safety, pest/rodent control, regular housekeeping, preventive maintenance of backup generators, air conditioners and other electrical equipment also fall under the agenda of our warehouse management system.

    Employee culture

    Through regular training sessions and open table discussions, we aim to build a future-oriented pharmaceutical warehouse workforce whose fundamental belief systems and attitude towards work are directly aligned to the goals of WHO GDP - this ultimately encompasses a bigger-picture value based orientation towards improving patients lives

    Business Units

    Medi Pharma

    Area: 4000 Sq.ft.
    Markets: Calicut, Mallapuram, Wyanad, Kannur

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    Medi Drugs

    Area: 2000 sq.ft.
    Markets: Calicut, Mallapuram, Wyanad, Kannur, Kasargod, Palakkad

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    Medi Speciality

    Area: 2000 Sq.ft.
    Markets: Calicut, Malappuram, Wyanad, Kannur, Kasaragod

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    Medi Combines

    Area: 3000 sq.ft.
    Markets: Ernakulam, Thrissur, Kottayam

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    Companies

    Pharmaceuticals

    Vaccines

    Medical Devices & Equipment

    Major Customers

    North Kerala

    Central Kerala

    Management Profile

    Sri P.S. Mani (Late)

    Born in 1936 to a business family in Calicut, he had his higher education in Mangalore and completed his Post Graduation in Economics/Political Science at the Madras Christian College (MCC) in 1960, after which he joined his family business Raghulal & Co. which was then the leading Chemist & Druggist firms in his hometown. In 1972, he formally established Medi Pharma in Calicut to lead the foray into the business of wholesale distribution of pharmaceuticals, and later expanded its operations to the city of Kochi where he was actively involved until his last day. He was a founder member of the All Kerala Chemists & Druggists Association (AKCDA) & the All India Organization of Chemists & Druggists (AIOCD), and was appointed President of the AIOCD in April 1989 where he led for two consecutive terms. A pioneer and visionary with ideas far ahead of his times, he firmly established the foundational groundwork that Medi Pharma Group even today rests upon, and led with high levels of dynamism and flair that reverberates across generations.

    Suresh Mani

    Born in 1964, he spent his schooling years in Calicut, after which he enrolled in a Post Graduation in Business Management at TAPMI, Manipal between 1986-88. Upon joining the helms of Medi Pharma in 1988, he initially directed his efforts towards managing the C&F operations for the various reputed multinational & domestic companies that were controlled by the group in Calicut, and later in 1994 was involved in the extension of the existing wholesale distribution business to the city of Cochin. He has been successfully heading the organization from the year 2002 onwards, and eventually made inroads within new avenues of business expansion in the sectors of vaccines, specialty products, critical care products and medical devices. He is largely responsible for shaping the core of what the organization stands for today, and initiated the modernization of its warehousing setup & cold-chain storage facilities, as well as the upgradation of IT infrastructure for quality control purposes across its various units.

    Aaditya Suresh

    Born in the year 1991 and raised in Calicut and Kochi, he moved abroad in 2009 to pursue his higher education, which culminated in a BBA in Marketing that he received at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2013 followed by a Master’s Degree (MSc) in Finance at the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, Germany in 2015. After his stint abroad where he amassed a wealth of knowledge, exposure and experiences in a multicultural academic setting, he decided to move back to India in 2017 to invest his energy in the expansion of his family business. Since then, he has been involved in key areas including strategy management, finance, marketing/branding and business development while maintaining a future-oriented mindset, and has additionally developed a keen interest in upscaling the group’s medical devices & equipment business. He hopes to establish new dimensions and explore new frontiers linked to innovations within and outside the healthcare distribution industry, and strives to consistently generate fresh ideas & insights for sustaining the future advancements of the business.

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