Always seeking for cure
Entrepreneur

Always seeking for cure

In 1974, two Greek friends and pharmacists set out to pursue their dreams and founded Galenica, a Greek pharmaceutical company venturing in manufacturing and trading in patent pharmaceutical products. Galenica is the first native Greek company focusing on seeking, garnering and patenting the know-how and licensing it in the Greek market.

During the same year, a Galenica model patent medicine manufacturing unit was built up and housed in privately owned facilities in the area of Chalkida, covering 8,200 sq m in 24,000 sq m acreage of land.

Galenica manufactures a line of pharmacotechnical forms, complying with the international standards and regulations and following production processes in accordance with the Good Manufacturing Practice G.M.P., guaranteeing that all statutory measures of environmental protection are in effect.

On Galenica premises is hosted also the main research activity of the company which aims to develop new innovative products and pharmaceutical forms which marks the company’s investment in research.

Galenica is one of the major Greek pharmaceutical companies that advance research and serve health with consistency and scientific reliability, by developing innovative patent medicines of premium quality.

Galenica is also the first Greek company focusing on garnering technical mastery and licensing in, by collaborating with major foreign research institutions and also on the development of own advanced know-how on the technology of patent pharmaceutical products, already exporting them to the Balkans. During recent years, Galenica has also been deploying a healthy scheme of upward business operations in Romania, infiltrating the local market with its advanced know-how.

By complying with the demands of times and by closely tracking and monitoring technological evolution, opportunity and change, Galenica operates on the foundation of an open innovation model and joins the missions and projects of several influential research institutions in Europe, the United States, Japan and India.

Galenica’s commitment to revolutionary branded therapeutic solutions supplies the market with pharmaceutical products that add to:

  • Health’s advancement
  • Rapid therapeutic response.
  • Rapid healing.
  • Improvement of life quality.
  • Protection of life against disease.

Galenica is very active in research and development of own products. The company collaborates in research base with Greek and foreign Universities, research firms and companies both in Greece and abroad. 

In the sphere of research, Galenica focuses on garnering the developing know-how for innovative pharmaceutical forms of added value, venturing recently via Expermed.

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– Galenica through the years volunteerly supports Public health and social contibution and takes part to the dissemenation of the Greek culture values In 2007, Galenica developed a revolutionary program against low birthrates.

– In 2007, Galenica developed a revolutionary program against low birthrates.

– Galenica with the contribution of the biggest Greek hospitals and in collaboration with «Anoikti Agalia» supported the campaign of preventive Medicine for all residents in border regions.

– 2012 & 2013: Covering exigent needs, Galenica moved to the direct offer of patent medicines to the organizations The Smile of the Child, World’s Ark, Vocational Training Centre of Heraklion of Crete, Open Hug and other children care institutions.

– In 2013, Galenica offered infantile milk for 0-6 months newborns to several non profitable organizations, municipalities, archdioceses and children care institutions.