Industry-leader Getz Healthcare shifts focus to growing Philippines healthcare market

18 February 2019 - Getz Bros. Philippines, Inc., which has been in the Philippines for the last 100 years, has refocused its operations to take advantage of a strong growing medtech, healthcare and pharma market. To support this strategic move, they have rebranded to Getz Healthcare (Philippines).

The restructured Getz Healthcare (Philippines) will divest its FMCG business and focus on medtech marketing and promotion, and the sale and distribution of pharmaceutical, healthcare and consumer products.

“The healthcare infrastructure in the Philippines has been growing rapidly in recent years. To support this growth, we are refocusing our business in the Philippines and providing a wider range of resources and expertise from the global Getz Healthcare team,” said Getz Healthcare Chief Executive Officer James Simkins.

“We are focused on providing the best quality service to our business partners and customers, through consistent standards and operational excellence,” explained Simkins.

Getz Healthcare (Philippines) offers end-to-end service that meets the needs of their business partners and customers. Service offerings include proactive marketing & promotion, and a nationwide reach to create awareness with healthcare professionals and ensure the availability of products for patients.

“Over our long history in the Philippines, our qualified and highly experienced teams have built up extensive relationships with healthcare professionals, hospitals, clinics and pharmacies across the country. This is backed by a strong supply chain network, with our distribution centres validated to WHO standards,” shared Getz Healthcare (Philippines) General Manager Ian Grist.

The company is kicking off its refocused business operations on 18 February with an internal launch and celebration, followed by a national sales convention.
 

About Getz Healthcare

Headquartered in Singapore, Getz Healthcare trades in nine other countries, and partners with leading manufacturers of medical technology, becoming “Medtech companies pathway to Asia Pacific”.
 
Our companies have been operating in Asia Pacific for over 110 years. We are committed to developing long-term relationships with our partners and customers, applying and sharing our extensive experience, knowledge and resources to provide the best service.  Through our wide range of innovative and high-quality products and solutions, we enable our business partners and customers to focus on what’s important – providing better care for their patients.
 
Getz Healthcare is part of The Getz Group, which is a diverse group of companies focusing primarily in Asia Pacific.  Founded in California in 1852, The Getz Group first established operations in Asia in 1871. The Group currently has over 150 offices and 12,000 employees.
 
For more information, visit www.getzhealthcare.com
 

About Getz Healthcare (Philippines)

Getz Healthcare (Philippines) was established in the Philippines in 1918 as Getz Bros. Philippines, Inc., and is one of the pioneers in the sales and distribution industry. 
 
Historically, Getz Bros. Philippines, Inc. operated in 3 sectors - Medtech, Healthcare & Pharma, and Consumer. In February 2019, we refocused our business in the areas of Medtech Marketing & Promotion, and Healthcare & Pharma Sales Distribution.

To support this strategic move, we have re-branded to Getz Healthcare (Philippines). With over 100 years of local experience, we are now supported with a wider range of resources and expertise from the global Getz Healthcare team, which operates across 8 other countries in Asia Pacific.
 
Getz Healthcare Philippines strives to be one of the Philippines’ leading full-service distribution companies and the Business Partner of Choice. Our full-service distribution capabilities provide end-to-end representation of our business partners’ products, while delivering comprehensive service and solutions to our customers.