WHO WE ARE

Founded in 1990, Solumed is a Canadian company which develops, manufactures and markets skin asepsis products intended for health networks. Solumed’s products are available in Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and soon in Europe. The Company’s head office is located in Laval, just north of Montreal, in the province of Quebec, in Canada.

MISSION

Solumed develops and markets leading-edge pharmaceutical products designed to prevent infections in the worldwide network of health care institutions.

VISION

Solumed will continue to focus on the development of new products in order to become the world leader in the field of skin asepsis.

WHAT SOLUMED OFFERS

Solumed offers innovative products that fully meet all requirements, and provides its clients with a world-class personalized service. The Company continually invests in new products that meet its clientele’s expectations, and ensure its health and growth in accordance with human, social and environmental values.

HISTORY

Beginnings

Marc Patry, a trained engineer founds Solumed in 1990. Marc Patry has worked in the field of pharmaceutical company management for over 25 years. In the course of his highly successful career, he has acquired considerable experience in sales and marketing, product development and engineering, production and supply, finance and personnel management, as well as in the preparation of applications for certification to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the American regulation agency. Since January 2005, Marc Patry is Director of Scientific Affairs, the department in charge of research and development.

In February 1991, Solumed reaches a first milestone by obtaining its patent for the preoperative asepsis kit.
 
The year 1993 proves to be highly important for Solumed, with the Company’s incorporation and the arrival of Sylvain Chartier, its current president. Holder of a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the École Polytechnique de Montréal and an MBA from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal, Sylvain Chartier brings to Solumed a vast experience in sales, marketing and manufacturing acquired in multinational corporations and SMEs. From this moment, the Company greatly benefits from his outstanding organizational ability, his comprehensive knowledge of client culture and business practices, product and competition dynamics. His appetite for innovation and extensive skills lead Solumed to new heights.

Rapid growth

From then on, Solumed focuses fully on development and innovation. In just a few years Solumed launches an impressive number of specialized products that would soon become renowned brands: SOLU-I.V. Swabs in 1994, SOLUPREP and SoluNet BIOSCRUB in 1995, SOLU-I.V. Swabsticks in 1996, SoluNet in 1997, STÉRIGEL and STÉRIGEL+ in 1999.

A remarkable entry into the new millennium

In 2001, Jacques Patry, a shareholder of the Company since its beginnings, becomes Solumed’s new Vice President, Finance and Operations. Jacques Patry, a chartered accountant, holds a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the École des Hautes Études Commerciales de Montréal. He has 20 years of experience as a corporate controller and in management positions with manufacturing companies operating in an ISO 9000 environment. He brings to Solumed his top-notch expertise, notably in contract negotiation, information systems (PRE), research and development project management, finance and human resources management.

Two years later, in June 2005, three innovative Solumed products – the Chlorascrub™ Swab, Swabstick and Maxi Swabstick – are approved as new drugs by the Food and Drug Administration  (FDA) of the United States.

Today’s success holds strong promises for the future

In its early years of existence, Solumed succeeds in quickly dominating the “uniservice”-type product niche; Solumed soon becomes the Canadian leader of the skin asepsis products sector. In fact, Solumed dominates the skin asepsis market in Canada, is well-established in New Zealand, Australia, Singapore, and is now turning its attention to developing the European markets.

VALUES

Respect and Loyalty

At Solumed, respect for people, tolerance and freedom of expression are not impediments to business but rather values which generate creativity and motivation. Everyone can take part in the decision-making process, and the Company is recognized for its fair treatment of its employees, suppliers and clients. Solumed is the perfect example of a company that can be managed in accordance with human values and also be successful.

Creativity and Experimentation

Solumed is a company that thrives on creativity and encourages the exchange of ideas and the projects which will enable the Company to reinvent the future. Moreover, Solumed values experimentation by integrating this notion not only into in research and development but also into its management structure.

Innovation and Evolution

Solumed advocates flexibility of action and decision as well as an entrepreneurial spirit that opens the door to innovation and development of new products. This philosophy, combined with its acknowledged research and development superiority, enables the Company to constantly adapt to evolving market requirements. Solumed quickly seizes growth opportunities by continually renewing its product offering and thus getting ahead of the competition.

Scientific Rigour and Credibility

Solumed is also aware that competence and rigour are keys in a sector as regulated as the asepsis products sector.  For Solumed, the health and well-being of the patients and health care professionals who use its products are what matters above all else. The Company therefore ensures disciplined management of its product portfolio by relying on organizational, regulatory and quality assurance competence and investing, without counting the cost, in research and development.

Commitment, Attentiveness and Support

Thanks to its faultlessly efficient distribution network, Solumed is able to offer its clientele impeccable service. In addition to the quality products guarantee and a world-class customer service, Solumed’s customers receive unequalled technical support.

PRODUCT LINES

In order to meet the ever-growing demand for effective asepsis solutions and thereby fully satisfy the requirements of its diverse clienteles, Solumed offers skin asepsis products for intravenous therapy, preoperative care, operating-room care, home care as well as hand hygiene.

Solumed makes it its duty to provide its clientele with the best that the market has to offer by proposing innovative solutions without in any way compromising quality and effectiveness. The results: Solumed’s solutions are being adopted by an ever-increasing number of healthcare professionals and home patients. And all this along with the world-class service that adds to Solumed’s outstanding reputation.

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