Saidal Explained

Saidal Group
Native Name:	مجمع صيدال
Native Name Lang:	ar
Type:	State-owned company
Traded As:	SGBV SAI
Industry:	pharmaceuticals
Location City:	Algiers
Location Country:	Algeria
Key People:	Wassim Kouidri (CEO)
Products:	antibiotics, generics
Production:	pharmaceuticals
Revenue:	US$982 million (2006)
Num Employees:	4,300 (2006)

Saidal Group 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 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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Le groupe Saidal exportera prochainement ses produits vers 13 pays africains . www.huffpostmaghreb.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20170721021546/http://www.huffpostmaghreb.com/2016/05/18/saidal-produits-_n_10017054.html . 2017-07-21.
2. Web site: Saidal : Un groupe aux grandes ambitions. www.elmoudjahid.com.
3. News: March 10, 2022 . Saidal Group: Bioequivalence center opens in March . en . Algeria Press Service . live . subscription . March 10, 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220310131955/https://www.aps.dz/en/health-science-technology/43058-saidal-group-bioequivalence-center-opens-in-march . March 10, 2022.
4. News: January 3, 2018 . Mohamed Nouas, new CEO of Saidal group . en . Algeria Press Service . live . subscription . January 3, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230418165116/https://www.aps.dz/en/health-science-technology/22112-mohamed-nouas-new-ceo-of-saidal-group . April 18, 2023.
5. Web site: Mounia . Boudjedri . February 11, 2020 . Mme Fatouma Akacem installée dans ses nouvelles fonctions de PDG de Saïdal . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20200429225350/http://www.aps.dz/sante-science-technologie/101488-mme-fatouma-akacem-installee-dans-ses-nouvelles-fonctions-de-pdg-de-saidal . April 29, 2020 . February 11, 2020 . Algeria Press Service . fr-fr.
6. News: Wassim Kouidri, new CEO of SAIDAL . en . Algeria Press Service . live . subscription . April 11, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230417205822/https://www.aps.dz/en/health-science-technology/47246-wassim-kouidri-new-ceo-of-group-saidal . April 17, 2023.