AL ASSAD SCIENTIFIC BUREAU
Founded in 1999, and was one of the first such establishments in
Iraq. Before this date it was banned for Iraqis to represent any
foreign company.
Al ASSAD is a family run business, it is run by a couple with their daughter, The
husband is a qualified surgeon and a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons in
Ireland while the wife and daughter are both qualified pharmacists. In addition to
this family AL ASSAD has a very dedicated and enthusiastic staff, who behave and
is treated as part of the family, which undoubtedly give them a tremendous drive
and will to get a job well done.
The general manager Dr. Firas Hilmi (F.R.C.S.I) served in many teaching hospitals in
Iraq over a period of twenty-three years. He was a member or chairman of many
technical purchasing committees in the ministry of health (KIMADIA). During the
last ten years, he served as director general in the ministry of health and was a
director of many hospitals in Baghdad before he resigned in the year 2000 to
manage AL ASSAD with his wife full time.
The director Dr. Buthaina Al Ammin is a qualified pharmacist, and she had her own
private pharmacy over a period of fifteen years in Baghdad in a very central
location, before Al ASSAD Was established.
The daughter is a young enthusiastic newly graduated pharmacist, who is working
very hard as part of the newly formed sales representative's task force.