Awafi
B2B Portal
Awafi/About Us

Built in Dubai.
Trusted across
the Emirates.

Our story

A wholesale partner — not a middleman.

Awafi Drugstore LLC SP was founded in 2018 with a simple thesis: pharmacies across the Emirates deserved a wholesale partner who treated authenticity, traceability and on-time delivery as non-negotiables — not value-adds.

Eight years later, we operate the UAE's largest single-location pharma warehouse in Dubai Investment Park, distribute 50+ global brands to over 500 partner pharmacies, and run direct-to-consumer storefronts on every major UAE marketplace.

As a sister company of Julphar — the GCC's largest pharmaceutical manufacturer — we bring 40 years of regional health-sector expertise to every shipment.

01
/ Mission

To make every authentic medicine accessible, anywhere in the UAE.

From the busiest pharmacy in Deira to a remote clinic in Fujairah, our mission is to ensure every healthcare provider — and every consumer — has fast, traceable access to the world's most trusted health brands.

02
/ Vision

The default pharma backbone of the Gulf by 2030.

We're building the most reliable, technology-led pharmaceutical distribution network in the GCC — climate-controlled, blockchain-traceable, and same-day capable across all seven emirates by 2028, the wider GCC by 2030.

/ By the numbers

Eight years, half a billion units, zero compromises.

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Pharmacies served across the Emirates
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Average dispatch-to-shelf time, UAE-wide
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MOH-verified, cold-chain certified products
Milestones

From a single
warehouse to the GCC.

2018
Founded in Dubai Investment Park as a Julphar sister company. First 50 pharmacy partners onboarded.
Founded
2020
Crossed 200 pharmacies. Cold-chain expansion. Partnership with Noon & Amazon for D2C launch.
Growth
2023
Launched the Awafi B2B Portal. Reached 500+ pharmacy partners across all 7 emirates.
Tech
2026
Awafi consumer app launches. 50+ brand portfolio. Same-day delivery in Dubai & Sharjah.
Today
What we stand for

Three values.
Zero exceptions.

/01

Authenticity, audited.

Every shipment is barcode-traced from manufacturer to pharmacy shelf. We publish counterfeit-incident data quarterly. Our number is — and stays — zero.

/02

Speed, in writing.

48-hour SLA on every UAE pharmacy order, full refund on miss. Same-day in Dubai. Cold-chain temperature logs on request, every time.

/03

Partnership, not procurement.

We share stock-out alerts, regulatory updates, and demand-forecast tools with every partner pharmacy — for free, because a healthier pharmacy network helps everyone.

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Sister company since 2018
Family

Backed by Julphar — the GCC's largest pharma manufacturer.

As a sister company of Gulf Pharmaceutical Industries (Julphar), Awafi inherits four decades of regional regulatory expertise, manufacturing relationships, and a pan-GCC distribution backbone that few wholesalers can match.

Founded 1980 · Headquartered in Ras Al Khaimah · Active in 50+ countries.

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