Creating a benchmark for entrepreneurial success
Dr. Hossam Omar was a radical financial thinker, a visionary, and a wise executive administrator who enabled him to construct an empire from the ground up; this should be presented to company owners as an example that contains all viables for success.
Dr. Omar was more than simply a pharmacist; he was a legendary pioneer in pharmaceutical distribution, trading and manufacturing.
Dr. Omar was never just a pharmacist, he was a legendary pioneer in the distribution, trading, and manufacturer of medications.
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Vienna University Graduates
1970 Pharmacist hardships
Pharmacists Distribution Troubles
Signing The Establishment of Middle East Chemicals
Dr Hossam Omar
Dr. Omar graduated from the faculty of Pharmaceutics, Insbork, the University of Austria in 1961. He worked in the pharmaceutical industry in Switzerland and Germany then returned to Egypt. To start a cosmetics factory in 1972 and establish a distributing factory for said cosmetics; under the name ‘Middle East Chemicals’ (MEC), to be the launchpad for distribution to all pharmacies and the first private sector company for distribution of medicine in Egypt.
When Dr. Hussam noticed that the medical distribution market in Egypt needed another phase of development, he established the ‘United Pharmacists’ company” (UCP), which specializes in the field of medical distribution with a large network consisting of more than 120 branches, widespread in all governates in Egypt. In addition to advanced warehouses, prepared to the highest level, to supply those branches with all their needs. Likewise, the establishment of ‘United Company for Trading and Distribution” (UCTD) to continue distribution services and to enable pharmacists to derive all their needs from one source, was another major achievement.
Dr. Omar went through a long development journey, between the years in college in which he excelled and the workplace in which he thrived. The precision with which he distinguished the drug trade; the pharmaceutical profession that permitted it, the social responsibility he cherished, and the institutional thinking were all components that enabled him to establish the 'HO Group' empire. That empire has become a business model for Egyptian investors and institutions looking to invest in healthcare services and pharmaceuticals in the Egyptian market.
Dr. Omar received the State Appreciation Award in 2006 for his contributions to the development and advancement of pharmaceutical work, and the Association of Drug Distribution elected him as an honorary President of the Association for life.
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