Coated Vicryl
Polyglactin 910 braided absorbable — the global reference suture, gauges 10-0 to 5
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Ethicon Sutures Supplier in Pakistan
Vicryl, Monocryl, PDS II, Prolene, Ethilon and the complete wound-closure range
The lane
Ethicon, delivered to Karachi.
NOVOSIC exports Ethicon sutures to Pakistan across the full wound-closure catalogue — Coated Vicryl, Vicryl Rapide, Monocryl, PDS II, Prolene, Ethilon, and Mersilk — serving DRAP-licensed importers and distributors who supply theatres in Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad / Rawalpindi, and Peshawar.
Pakistani surgery is price-sensitive but brand-specified: the consultant writes Ethicon on the preference card and the purchasing department finds the best route to it. That route increasingly runs through Jebel Ali, where a sea consignment reaches Karachi in three to five days — faster than many domestic re-stocking cycles.
Shipping to Pakistan
How this lane runs.
The three-to-five-day Karachi sea lane sets the rhythm here: weekly LCL groupage from Jebel Ali handles routine suture replenishment at sea-freight rates, quoted CIF Karachi or CFR Port Qasim, while urgent or short-dated lines go on a two-hour flight into Jinnah International with same-day handover possible to a Karachi consignee. For Punjab-based buyers we quote DAP Lahore, covering the inland leg up the N-5 so the consignment arrives as one priced number at the distributor's door.
- Sea / surface
- Karachi Port and Port Qasim — typically 3–5 days
- Air
- Jinnah International Airport, Karachi (KHI); also Lahore (LHE) and Islamabad (ISB) — 2 hours (multiple daily rotations to Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad)
- Typical Incoterms on this lane
- CIF Karachi · CFR Port Qasim · DAP Lahore · FOB Jebel Ali
- Regulatory context
- Medical devices in Pakistan are regulated by the Drug Regulatory Authority of Pakistan under the Medical Devices Rules 2017, with importers holding DRAP establishment licences and device registrations. NOVOSIC provides the manufacturer paperwork — IFUs, CE certificates, and batch records — that licence holders rely on to keep their registrations current.
What Pakistan orders
Demand on the Pakistan Ethicon suture lane.
Obstetric volume drives this lane more than anything else: Pakistan's maternity workload is enormous, and Coated Vicryl 1 and 2-0 for caesarean closure together with Vicryl Rapide 2-0 for perineal repair move in quantities that dwarf most other markets we serve. Beyond the labour wards, the teaching hospitals and tertiary centres in Karachi and Lahore take PDS II for abdominal-wall closure, Prolene 6-0 and 7-0 for the cardiac programmes, and Ethilon across the gauges for emergency-department skin work. Distributor orders typically span thirty or more catalogue codes at once, and we price each line against the exact gauge, needle, and box configuration requested.
Featured lines
Ethicon Sutures available for Pakistan.
Every line below is quoted to your exact catalogue codes and consolidated with anything else you buy from us into one shipment.
Vicryl Rapide
Accelerated-absorption Vicryl for episiotomy, paediatric, and mucosal closure
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Poliglecaprone 25 monofilament absorbable — low drag, subcuticular closure
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Polydioxanone long-term absorbable monofilament, ~6-month absorption
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Polypropylene permanent monofilament — cardiovascular and vascular standard
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Nylon non-absorbable monofilament for skin closure
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Braided polyester non-absorbable for cardiac and orthopaedic fixation
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Natural braided silk for ligation and securing drains
Request Export QuoteDon't see the specific Ethicon code you need? We supply the complete range — send us the catalogue number with your destination and required Incoterm.
Why NOVOSIC for Pakistan
One desk for the whole order.
Dubai as your forward warehouse
With Karachi 3–5 days out by sea and 2 hours by air, Pakistani importers can run leaner local stock and replenish from Jebel Ali on a weekly rhythm.
Built for the distributor trade
Karachi and Lahore distributors order across brands and sub-distribute nationally; we combine those multi-brand lists into one consignment with batch and expiry detailed line by line.
Paperwork aligned to DRAP licence holders
IFUs, CE certificates, and batch records issued with every shipment, matched to the documentation DRAP-licensed importers maintain against their device registrations.
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Available for shipping worldwide
The Ethicon Sutures range ships from the UAE to Pakistan and to destinations across Africa, the Middle East, CIS, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Latin America. Incoterms supported: EXW, FOB, CIF, CFR, DDP, DAP.
Ready when you are
Tell us what you need. We'll respond within 24 hours.
Brand, product, quantity, destination — we'll come back with a competitive export quote from our Dubai desk.