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Company Profile

Contatti Medical is a privately held company that has been importing and distributing medical devices and disposables to the Brazilian healthcare market since 1984.

Our headquarters is located in Porto Alegre, Brazil.

Two buildings with two storage facilities, each with a total area of 2,000 sqm

Contatti Medical provides added value products and services to health businesses that perform medium and high complexity procedures.

Departments

Specialized technical assistance

Logistics and distribution center

Quality/Regulatory Affairs

Sales force

Our Difference

Public Tenders

Has a experienced team in public tenders that identifies and follows up all the public tenders in Brazil which we have interested in.

Logistics

Contatti Medical excels at serving our customers by offering efficient processes and placing the right products at the right place at the right time.

Technical Assistance

Contatti Medical has a 250 sqm room dedicated to specialized technical assistance, with all required equipment, certified by INMETRO (National Institute of Metrology, Standardization and Industrial Quality).

Marketing and Communication

Market research, business plan development and product launch strategies integrated with a well established communication channel, makes a extremely focused company.

Sales Force

Works through a consultative sales strategy and most of our Sales Representatives have a health science background.

Also, Product Specialists provide a qualified technical support to our Sales Representatives at the selling process and the product routine implementation.

Alliances

Partnership

About Brazil

  • Over 210 million inhabitants;
  • Divided into 5 regions and 27 states;
  • The Capital is Brasília and the Largest city is São Paulo
  • Official language: Portuguese
  • 5th largest country in the world in terms of population and geographical area;
  • 7th largest economy with US$ 2.1 trillion Gross Domestic Product
  • Government: Presidential Republic
  • Climate: Predominantly Tropical
  • Currency: Real (R$) (BRL)

Brazilian Health System

  • Public and Private Hospitals: over 6,100 hospitals
  • 1.700 Hospitals with more than 80 bedsides
  • About 30% public and 70% private
  • Over 350,000 medical doctors
  • Over 40,000 ICU bedsides
  • 25 % of the population have private health insurance

Unified Health System (SUS)

Brazil has one of the biggest public healthcare systems in the world, and the SUS covers almost the entire Brazilian hospital net, including public, private and university hospitals, assuring citizens their constitutional right to have access to healthcare.

It is a 6,000-hospital net offering everything from simple ambulatory attendance to organ transplantation.

Health Insurance and Private Care

1,600 private health insurance companies support 25% of the population

Growth in access to private healthcare due to growth in employment and social inclusion programs

70% of private health insurance is paid by the company, as a benefit to employees

Regulatory Agency

ANVISA - National Health Surveillance Agency: regulatory government agency for all products claiming health benefits, as well as cosmetics, foods and sanitary products.

All the products must be registered prior to its commercialization.