How it started
Kernfarm was established based on the need to offer veterinarians a greater choice.
The main task of a veterinarian is of course to keep animals healthy. In 2014, the brothers Tim, Diederik and Gijs van Rijn noticed that veterinarians were not always able to perform their job properly. This was – and still is – often due to the fact that a specific vaccine is not authorised in the Netherlands, or because it is temporarily unavailable for delivery to the Netherlands. Often the same product is available in other European countries. They wanted to tackle this problem and thus established Kernfarm.
“It is virtually impossible for an individual veterinarian to have a clear view of all the alternatives for a treatment, intervention or prevention strategy. Let alone that a veterinarian knows exactly which legal options are available to import certain essential products into the Netherlands.”
Tim, Diederik and Gijs combine their many years of experience in the corporate and public sectors to give the veterinarian access to more treatment options. This allows the veterinarian to focus on his core business: making animals healthy and keeping them that way.
The many faces
Kernfarm develops its own products as a pharmaceutical manufacturer. In addition, we play a role as network and collaboration organisation, strategic partner, trend watcher, administration and registration office and logistics service provider. The central theme in all these roles is to assist the veterinarian.
What does Kernfarm do?
Kernfarm acts on the needs of veterinarians. A veterinarian informs us about products that he is unable to secure, stumbling blocks that he encounters and which problems need to be tackled via a broader approach.
Kernfarm knows the international veterinary medicinal products market and acts as an extension of veterinarians together with a broad network of partners. We offer knowledge and skills in legal and logistics aspects within the veterinary world. The European legislation offers various opportunities to support veterinarians to obtain the correct medicinal products at the correct price.
European legislation allows for products to be purchased and used within the boundaries of the EU. Under strict conditions, it is – for example – permitted to obtain products from other European countries that do not have a Dutch authorisation, but which are authorised for use in another member state.
If such a product is required on a structural basis, then authorisation in the Netherlands can be considered. In that case, the product must comply with the Dutch requirements in terms of packaging and insert, and the product must be marketed correctly. Kernfarm can take care of this too.
Future-proof business model
The one and only point of contact for veterinarians: that is our aim. This can only be achieved if we continue to develop our business. We do that on the one hand by expanding our own range of products, including our vaccine line FIXR®. This combines all the values of Kernfarm. Collaboration is the future and it is the core of our business. We want to expand on this aspect. We are actively seeking out collaboration within Europe. We aim to be an attractive employer. We achieve this by – among other things – giving our staff ownership of their projects.
- Pharmaceutical company with high-quality products
- Full-service wholesaler
- 24/7 availability
- Solution-oriented
- Flexible and versatile
- Scanning of the market
- Value-based assessment of opportunities
- Converting opportunities into results
The Kernfarm veterinary network is expanding on a daily basis. Veterinarians appreciate Kernfarm’s solution-oriented approach and pharmaceutical companies are able to expand their sales territory thanks to Kernfarm.
Challenge us
“We thrive on challenges. They excite us and we get a kick out of it when we succeed in solving a problem. Try us out.”
