Alector Pharmaceuticals Ltd is the AstraZeneca distributor in Cyprus. Alector is a joint venture between C.G. Papaloisou Ltd and Ioannis M. Kapakiotis Ltd. It was established in 2001 after the merger of the multinational pharmaceutical companies Astra of Sweden and Zeneca of the UK, represented in Cyprus by Papaloisou and Kapakiotis respectively. Alector became operational in January 2002.