Ars Pharmae

What Ars Pharmae does

Ars Pharmae d.o.o. is a private, for-profit Slovenian company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Ljubljana that markets and distributes OTC (over-the-counter) pharmaceutical products, food supplements, and medical devices. Its offering spans the consumer health and wellness category, addressing end consumers and likely pharmacy/retail distribution partners rather than enterprise B2B customers. The company operates at a small scale, with headcount in the 11–50 employee range, consistent with a niche regional distributor or marketing-authorization holder rather than a manufacturer or large multi-national operator.

The business model is anchored in regulated health-product distribution: revenues are generated through the sale of branded or licensed OTC, supplement, and medical-device SKUs into the Slovenian and possibly broader EU/Central European market. Given the regulated nature of the product categories (medical devices require CE marking / notified body registration; food supplements require compliance with EU food law; OTC products require pharmaceutical licensing), the company's value chain is largely compliance- and distribution-driven rather than technology-driven. The input material contains no disclosed information on proprietary technology platforms, digital channels, e-commerce capabilities, or in-house manufacturing.

No further information is available on the company's customer base, channel structure, pricing, partnerships, leadership, ownership, financials, or strategic initiatives. The primary corporate website returned only a loading/verification page at the time of source capture, and no third-party news, regulatory filings, or commercial databases surfaced corroborating detail. As a result, deeper aspects of the business — including revenue, growth rate, geographic footprint beyond headquarters, and competitive positioning — cannot be characterized from the available evidence.

Name

Ars Pharmae

Website

https://arspharmae.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Ars Pharmae d.o.o. is a Ljubljana-based, private Slovenian company founded in 2007 that distributes OTC pharmaceutical products, food supplements, and medical devices to health and wellness consumers in Slovenia and the broader EU market.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Consumer Health Products

NAICS

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (42421), Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers (424210), Pharmacies and Drug Retailers (456110)

SIC

Wholesale-Drugs, Proprietaries & Druggists' Sundries (5122), Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (3841)

akta.pro primary industry

OTC & Consumer Health Distributors (HLAIAJAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

OTC Medicines & Consumer Health Products Distribution (CRAOAHAB), OTC Pain Relief & Fever (Analgesics, Anti-inflammatory, Topical Pain Relief) (CRADAMAC), Cold, Flu & Cough Remedies (HLAIADAB)

Keywords

• OTC pharmaceutical products
• Dietary supplements
• Medical devices
• Consumer health products
• Health and wellness

Headquarters

HQ city

Ljubljana

HQ country

Slovenia

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Core offering

Ars Pharmae d.o.o. offers over-the-counter (OTC) products, food (dietary) supplements, and medical devices aimed at the consumer health and wellness market. The company operates as a privately held Slovenian distributor/brand in these consumer health categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• OTC products Over-the-counter (OTC) pharmaceutical products sold by Ars Pharmae d.o.o. for consumer health and wellness use.
• Food supplements Food (dietary) supplements offered by Ars Pharmae d.o.o. for consumer health and wellness.
• Medical devices Medical devices distributed by Ars Pharmae d.o.o. for consumer health and wellness applications.

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Direct peers

• Kemofarmacija: Slovenian pharmaceutical wholesaler supplying pharmacies across the country. Direct peer as a domestic drug and druggist's sundries wholesaler competing for the same Slovenian pharmacy customers and manufacturer supply contracts.
• SALUS: Slovenian wholesaler and distributor of pharmaceuticals, food supplements, and wellness products. Direct comparable given the matching product mix (OTC, supplements, parapharmacy) and overlapping pharmacy and retail customer base in the Slovenian market.

Broad incumbents

• PHOENIX Group: Pan-European pharmaceutical wholesaler and retailer with strong presence in Central and Southeast Europe. Comparable as the dominant scaled incumbent against whom a small Slovenian OTC distributor must compete for supplier terms and pharmacy contracts.
• Bayer Consumer Health: Major OTC manufacturer across analgesics, cold/flu, and supplements, with deep European distribution. Comparable as a supplier whose consumer-health SKUs flow through Ars Pharmae and competing Slovenian distributors.
• Alliance Healthcare: European pharmaceutical wholesaler and pharmacy owner (Walgreens Boots Alliance). Comparable as a competing wholesaler with significantly larger scale that suppliers and pharmacy chains may prefer over smaller national distributors.
• STADA Arzneimittel: European generics and consumer health company with a broad OTC portfolio including cold/flu, pain, and supplements. Comparable as a manufacturer whose branded OTC products Ars Pharmae and similar wholesalers distribute, and a competitor for shelf positioning in Slovenian pharmacies.
• Krka: Slovenian-headquartered generic pharmaceutical manufacturer with significant OTC and consumer health lines. Directly comparable as a domestic Slovenian pharma player with overlapping OTC channels, though Krka is a vertically integrated manufacturer rather than a pure distributor.
• Phoenix Pharma (Slovenia): Local arm of the PHOENIX Group, Europe's largest pharmaceutical wholesaler, operating in Slovenia. Comparable as a direct competitor for manufacturer contracts and pharmacy customers, but with substantially larger pan-European procurement scale.
• Lek (Sandoz): Slovenian subsidiary of Sandoz/Novartis producing OTC and prescription pharmaceuticals. Comparable because it operates from the same Ljubljana pharma ecosystem, sells into overlapping Slovenian pharmacy channels, and competes for shelf space with Ars Pharmae's distribution partners.

Regional players

• Medis: Slovenian pharmaceutical marketing and distribution company focused on branded specialty pharma and consumer health. Comparable given its parallel role as a Slovenia-based distributor/marketer of OTC and consumer health brands into regional pharmacy channels.

Market position

Strengths3 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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