Coated Vicryl
Polyglactin 910 braided absorbable — the global reference suture, gauges 10-0 to 5
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Ethicon Sutures Supplier in Saudi Arabia
Vicryl, Monocryl, PDS II, Prolene, Ethilon and the complete wound-closure range
The lane
Ethicon, delivered to Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia takes more Ethicon suture volume than any other market NOVOSIC serves in the Gulf, and we ship the full wound-closure catalogue into the Kingdom from the UAE — Coated Vicryl, Monocryl, PDS II, Prolene, Ethilon, Mersilk, and the speciality cardiovascular lines — to hospital groups and licensed distributors in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Madinah.
When a theatre matron in Riyadh runs a count and finds a gauge short, the answer cannot be a six-week ocean booking. From Dubai it does not have to be: order against your exact Ethicon codes today and a bonded truck has the cartons at your door the same week.
Shipping to Saudi Arabia
How this lane runs.
Road is the default for Ethicon into the Kingdom: palletised suture cartons leave our UAE facility on a bonded truck and deliver DAP Riyadh or Dammam in three to five days door-to-door, with no destination port handling for your team to manage. Container-scale orders go by sea — two to four days Jebel Ali to King Abdulaziz Port, Dammam, or five to eight days to Jeddah Islamic Port for Western Province buyers — and a three-hour flight into RUH or JED covers the rare line a theatre cannot wait a week for.
- Sea / surface
- King Abdulaziz Port, Dammam (Gulf); Jeddah Islamic Port (Red Sea) — typically 2–4 days to Dammam; 5–8 days to Jeddah
- Air
- King Khalid International, Riyadh (RUH); King Abdulaziz International, Jeddah (JED) — 3 hours (multiple daily rotations to Riyadh and Jeddah)
- Typical Incoterms on this lane
- DAP Riyadh (road) · CIF Dammam · CIF Jeddah · FOB Jebel Ali
- Regulatory context
- Medical devices sold in the Kingdom require an SFDA Medical Device Marketing Authorization (MDMA), and importing entities hold SFDA establishment licences. NOVOSIC backs every consignment with the manufacturer documentation — IFUs, CE certificates, and batch records — that authorization holders need on file.
What Saudi Arabia orders
Demand on the Saudi Arabia Ethicon suture lane.
Saudi suture purchasing splits cleanly between the public and private sides of the market. Government and NUPCO-channel facilities order Coated Vicryl and PDS II across the 0 to 4-0 range in genuine bulk, reflecting some of the highest general-surgery and obstetric caseloads in the region. The private groups — Dr. Sulaiman Al Habib, Mouwasat, and their peers — add a distinct cosmetic and plastic-surgery profile: Monocryl 4-0 and 5-0 on precision needles for subcuticular work, Prolene 6-0 for fine facial closure, and Ethilon for skin where the surgeon wants non-absorbable. Cardiac centres in Riyadh and Jeddah pull Prolene 5-0 through 7-0 double-armed on a standing basis.
Featured lines
Ethicon Sutures available for Saudi Arabia.
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 Saudi Arabia
One desk for the whole order.
Road freight measured in days
Bonded GCC trucking from Dubai puts cargo at a Riyadh or Dammam door in three to five days — DAP, one price, no port handling at destination.
Volumes the Kingdom actually orders
From a single carton of reloads for a private clinic to multi-pallet consignments aligned to NUPCO-scale demand, quoted line by line against your catalogue codes.
SFDA-ready manufacturer paperwork
IFUs, CE certificates, and batch records supplied with every shipment, matching what MDMA authorization holders and their QA teams keep on record.
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Available for shipping worldwide
The Ethicon Sutures range ships from the UAE to Saudi Arabia 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.