Droguerias Alianza de Occidente

What Droguerias Alianza de Occidente does

Droguerias Alianza de Occidente is a private, for-profit Colombian company founded in 1998 in Popayán that supplies pharmaceutical products and medical devices. Its operating profile is that of a regional wholesaler or distributor serving clients in southwestern Colombia, with 101-250 employees, consistent with mid-market drug distribution operations requiring licensed warehousing, INVIMA-regulated handling, and established delivery routes. The company does not appear to manufacture; its value proposition is in carrying and distributing finished pharmaceutical and medical device inventory to downstream customers such as independent pharmacies, healthcare institutions, or other resellers.

No product detail, pricing model, go-to-market breakdown, supplier relationship, or financial disclosure is available in the provided sources to further specify the business model. Notably, the technology, product, and partnership data fields in the source aggregation are misattributed to Ubiquiti Networks' EdgeOS networking platform (likely a data ingestion error connected to the dao.com.co domain) and do not describe Droguerias Alianza de Occidente's actual operations. There is no disclosed management team, investor base, ownership structure, or strategic transaction history in the input. The investment-relevant signal set is therefore limited to firmographic data: Colombian, private, 27-year operating history, regional distribution, and an employee count suggesting a stable but non-trivial local footprint.

Name

Droguerias Alianza de Occidente

Website

https://dao.com.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1998

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Droguerias Alianza de Occidente is a Colombian pharmaceutical and medical device distributor founded in 1998 and based in Popayán, serving regional customers with 101-250 employees.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Pharmaceutical Distribution

NAICS

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (424210)

SIC

Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries (5122)

akta.pro primary industry

Hospital & Health-System Pharmaceutical Distributors (HLAIAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Government & Public-Sector Pharmaceutical Supply (Tender/Prime Vendor) (HLAIAJAF), Pharmacy Logistics, Returns, Reverse Distribution & Compliance Services (CRAOAHAJ)

Keywords

• Pharmaceutical distribution
• Medical device supply
• Drug wholesale
• Healthcare distribution
• Pharmaceutical products

Headquarters

HQ city

Popayán

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Droguerias Alianza de Occidente is a Colombian pharmaceutical wholesale distributor headquartered in Popayan that supplies pharmaceutical products and medical devices to healthcare businesses. Founded in 1998, the for-profit private company employs 101-250 staff and serves the western Colombian (Occidente) healthcare supply chain as a B2B drogueria (drug wholesaler).

Product overview

The source data pertains to Ubiquiti's EdgeOS operating system running on EdgeRouter network devices, displayed through the Droguerias Alianza de Occidente domain (dao.com.co). EdgeOS is a network operating system providing routing, firewall, VPN, and quality of service features for enterprise and service provider networks.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Pharmaceutical products
• Medical devices

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature6 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Ubiquiti Networks, Inc.coreTechnology or IntegrationUbiquiti Networks, Inc. is the technology provider for EdgeOS software and related networking products. The company develops network hardware and software solutions including EdgeRouter devices running EdgeOS. The partnership involves software licensing for EdgeOS embedded on Ubiquiti products, governed by Ubiquiti's End User License Agreement (EULA) updated July 17, 2017.

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights1 record

Broad incumbents

• Genfar: Large multinational pharmaceutical manufacturer and supplier active in Colombia. Comparable as a counterparty/supplier in the same Colombian pharmaceutical distribution value chain, though operating as a manufacturer rather than pure distributor.
• Tecnoquímicas: One of Colombia's largest domestic pharmaceutical manufacturers, also active in distribution of branded pharma products. Comparable as a major Colombian pharmaceutical supplier overlapping with the company's procurement ecosystem.
• Baxter Colombia: Multinational medical products and medical-device manufacturer distributing through Colombian healthcare channels. Comparable in the medical-device portion of Droguerias Alianza de Occidente's offering.

Direct peers

• Audifarma: One of the largest pharmaceutical distributors in Colombia, serving EPS, hospitals, and institutional buyers. Directly comparable to Droguerias Alianza de Occidente in product category, customer base (Colombian healthcare providers), and B2B distribution model, though at materially greater scale.
• Disfarma: Colombian pharmaceutical wholesaler/distributor focused on droguerías and pharmacy chains. Comparable as a drug wholesaler serving downstream retail dispensers within Colombia.
• Droguerías Colsubsidio: Pharmacy and drug distribution arm of Compensar-style caja de compensación in Colombia. Comparable in pharmaceutical distribution to EPS-affiliated and institutional customers.
• Cruz Verde: Major Colombian pharmacy chain and pharmaceutical distributor with both retail and institutional operations. Comparable as a domestic pharma distributor serving overlapping Colombian customers (EPS, hospitals, walk-in patients).
• Farmatodo: Colombian/LATAM pharmacy and drug retail-distribution chain. Comparable as a vertically integrated pharmaceutical distributor with retail and institutional channels in the same geography.
• Locatel Colombia: Colombian pharmacy chain dispensing pharmaceuticals and medical products. Comparable as a multi-region Colombian drug retailer/distributor with overlapping customer segments.

Regional players

• MK S.A.S. (Mundial de Químicos): Colombian distributor of pharmaceutical and chemical products serving institutional and industrial buyers. Comparable as a domestic B2B pharmaceutical/chemical distributor, though with a broader chemical mix.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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