Understanding the medical needs of the marine industry
March 10, 2025By Seawork Press FP
Wescom Group
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Wescom Group has appointed Emmanuella (Ella) Isiraojie as Business Development Manager Medical for ANP Pharma Ltd., a Wescom Group company.
Ella’s role includes developing the global market for services including need-based pharmaceuticals, medical consumables and medical equipment. Ella will be looking to drive growth in the marine sector focussing on cruise lines, marine leisure (superyachts, boating), commercial marine offshore and renewable energy sectors.
Ella’s 16 years of expertise includes roles in sales, pharmacovigilance, market access and account management teams for Universal Marine Medical, Novo Nordisk, Johnson and Roche in the pharmaceutical and medical distribution industry. She was awarded the John Griffith Prize for academic achievement for her Master’s in Health Management Planning and Policy in Public Health from the University of Leeds.
She says: “My role involves understanding the medical needs of the marine industry whilst leveraging ANP Pharma’s variety of services offering advisory/consultation and providing a regulatory compliant comprehensive medical chest on board, ensuring health, safety and wellbeing for seafarers and patients in remote locations.
“Engaging on topics such as the right medicines formulary for use, right storage and disposal of medicines according to International Pharmaceutical regulations, IMO and WHO requirements, I provide training information on a wide variety of health topics for seafarers and patients in the marine and health sectors respectively.”
Ella will be attending Seawork with Wescom Group in June.
