Saidal Group
Native name
مجمع صيدال
TypeState-owned company
SGBV: SAI
Industrypharmaceuticals
Founded1982 (1982)
Headquarters
Algiers
,
Algeria
Key people
Wassim Kouidri (CEO)
Productsantibiotics, generics
Production output
pharmaceuticals
RevenueUS$982 million (2006)
Number of employees
4,300 (2006)
Websitewww.saidalgroup.dz

Saidal Group (Arabic: مجمع صيدال, French: Groupe Saïdal) is an Algerian pharmaceutical company created in 1982. Saidal Group is the largest pharmaceutical company in Algeria and one of the largest in Africa.

Saidal Group exports its products to Ivory Coast, Gabon, Senegal, Cameroon, Mali, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Niger, Togo, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Chad and Mauritania.[1]

History

Saidal's logo from 1982 to 2022

Saidal was created in April 1982 following the restructuring of the Algerian Central Pharmacy. In 1985, it changed its name to become Saidal.

In 1989, Saidal became an economic public company, one of the first national company to acquire the status of joint stock company in 1993. In 1997, Saidal was transformed into an industrial group, which Biotic, Pharmal and Antibiotical were attached.[2]

In March 2022, the group announced the launch of its first bioequivalence center called “Equival”.[3]

Company management

Saïdal is headed by :

  • Ali Aoun (1995–2008)
  • Rachid Zahouani (2008–?)
  • Boumediene Derkaoui (2010–2015)
  • Mohamed Hammouche (2015–2016)
  • Yacine Tounsi (2016–03 January 2018)
  • Mohamed Nouas (03 January 2018–11 February 2020)[4]
  • Fatouma Akacem (11 February 2020–10 April 2023)[5]
  • Wassim Kouidri (10 April 2023–present)[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Le groupe Saidal exportera prochainement ses produits vers 13 pays africains". www.huffpostmaghreb.com. Archived from the original on 2017-07-21.
  2. ↑ "Saidal : Un groupe aux grandes ambitions". www.elmoudjahid.com.
  3. ↑ "Saidal Group: Bioequivalence center opens in March". Algeria Press Service. March 10, 2022. Archived from the original on March 10, 2022. Retrieved March 10, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Mohamed Nouas, new CEO of Saidal group". Algeria Press Service. January 3, 2018. Archived from the original on April 18, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2018.
  5. ↑ Mounia, Boudjedri (February 11, 2020). "Mme Fatouma Akacem installée dans ses nouvelles fonctions de PDG de Saïdal". Algeria Press Service (in French). Archived from the original on April 29, 2020. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Wassim Kouidri, new CEO of SAIDAL". Algeria Press Service. Archived from the original on April 17, 2023. Retrieved April 11, 2023.


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