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Company

Company overview

Sonoma Pharmaceuticals makes products for wound, skin and eye care using stabilized hypochlorous acid, or HOCl. Its brands include Microdacyn60 Wound Care and GramaDerm acne products. Human healthcare products account for most revenue, with animal-care products contributing a smaller share. The company manufactures all its products at its facility in Zapopan, Mexico.

Most sales come from outside the United States, and distributors handle most products. These partners buy Sonoma’s products and market them locally, sometimes under their own labels. Sonoma also sells directly to healthcare practitioners and consumers, including through its online store. Medline Industries distributes wound-care products in the United States and Canada. Sales depend heavily on partners’ marketing efforts and purchases, and certain customers account for a significant share of revenue.

Regulatory permissions govern which uses Sonoma can market. Changes to a product or its intended use may require new FDA clearance before U.S. sales. Its commercialized European products are sold as medical devices under CE certification; continued sales require compliance with European medical-device rules.

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  • Solventum competes for the healthcare providers who buy Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc.’s hypochlorous acid (HOCl) wound-care products, selling them wound-care and skin-care products. Watch Solventum’s advanced wound dressings and skin-care business for signs of competition for those customers.

  • SANUWAVE Health, Inc. and Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. both serve healthcare providers treating acute and chronic wounds: SANUWAVE sells ultrasound treatment systems and consumables, while Sonoma sells hypochlorous acid (HOCl) wound-care solutions. Watch UltraMIST systems and consumables sales as a signal of demand in that treatment market, rather than a direct measure of demand for Sonoma’s solutions.

  • Medline Inc. gives Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. a route to healthcare providers and retailers by buying its wound-care products for distribution under a multiyear agreement, alongside Medline’s broader medical-surgical supply business. Watch news about this distribution arrangement, which covers U.S. and Canadian sales, including over-the-counter wound-care products for retailers in both countries.

Agenda

in 14 daysWed, Nov 4

  1. Time to be announced

    Medline Inc. earningsMDLN

    Medline Inc.’s report can show whether its medical-supply distribution business is opening U.S. and Canadian healthcare-provider and retail channels for Sonoma Pharmaceuticals’ wound-care products.

in 15 daysThu, Nov 5

  1. Time to be announced

    Solventum Corporation earningsSOLV

    Solventum’s report will show what provider purchases of wound dressings and skin-care products signal about the market where Sonoma Pharmaceuticals seeks wound-care customers.

in 26 daysMon, Nov 16

  1. Time to be announced
    Major

    Sonoma Pharmaceuticals, Inc. earningsThis company

    Sonoma Pharmaceuticals’ report will show whether revenue from healthcare providers and consumers buying its wound-care and other HOCl products continues to grow in the United States and abroad.