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Santa Farma, Turkey's deep-rooted and strong domestic pharmaceutical company with 75 years background in the pharmaceutical industry, now extends its expertise in this sector to the market of Over-The-Counter (OTC) products, which are food supplements not included in the scope of drugs.

Santa Farma, which operates in 11 different therapeutic categories including dermatology, digestive system and metabolism, gastroenterology and infection, hematology and in 45 different markets under these categories now enters the market of Over-The-Counter (OTC) products, which are food supplements not included in the scope of drugs.

Since its foundation, Santa Farma was among the most deep-rooted and strong local pharmaceutical companies in Turkey, growing based on the mission of providing a healthy service to healthcare is aimed to take a leading position in Over-The-Counter (OTC) products market, just like its position in the pharmaceuticals market.

“We took a great step in our journey towards growth”

Erol Kiresepi, Board Chairman and CEO of Santa Farma, made a statement on this subject, and said they have taken an important step in their trek towards the growth of Santa Farma and added, “Our mission as Santa Farma family is to ‘Provide a Healthy Service to Healthcare'. Our main focus in this service has always been medicine over the past 75 years, since our establishment, and both our targets and investments have been realized in this field. Now, while increasing our expertise in the field of pharmaceuticals, we have stepped into this market under the name of Santa Farma OTC in line with the same mission. With the new production and R&D facilities and the recent transformation we have passed through, the establishment of the Santa Farma OTC Department and the new products, it is certain that different business models will enhance our strength in this field. Based on our 75 years of experience, we are ready to do good work in the OTC field with products produced with the Santa Farma quality, which we offer to the service of medicine, relying on the trust of physicians and pharmacists towards our Company.”

“OTC definition will be clearer in the coming term”

Pointing out the fact that OTC product definition has not yet been made clearly by the Turkish health authorities, Kiresepi made the following assessment on this matter: “Although these products do not have official regulations, they can be called as products that can be bought from the pharmacy without a prescription. We can see that these products that are food supplements or which are not included in pharmaceutical product status widely are promoted through different media channels. OTC product descriptions are clearer in many countries around the world and are classified as products with which patients can perform their own treatments. In this way, OTC products allow physicians to use polyclinic hours more efficiently. We expect that these definitions will be clarified and similar applications will be implemented in Turkey in the years ahead."