Our History
1972
Mediolanum Farmaceutici was born
1970-80
Mediolanum Farmaceutici invested in pharmaceutical research and started the production of its first original and patented molecules
1983
The first product of the R&D of the company was commercialized
1990
The international expansion project started with the opening of the first French branch. Through some patent agreements, the commercialization of some successful cardiovascular products was initialized (statins, ACE-inhibitors)
2009-10
The two companies Istituto Gentili e Neopharmed were acquired by MSD
2013
Vamfarma, the third production site of Mediolanum, was inaugurated in Comazzo (Lodi), to support the Leurquin site and the Research and Production Unity for the subcutaneous drugging devices. The three production sites together turned Mediolanum into a pharmaceutical workshop both in Italy and France
2017
Acquisition of the Therabel Gienne Pharma, the Italian branch of the Dutch Group Therabel
2017
The agreement with Novartis Oncology started the building of the new Istituto Gentili’s reality, fully designated to oncology, which became the Italian supplier of the Tyverb® (lapatinib), the innovative drug suggested for the treatment of the mammary carcinoma HER2-positive
2018
The majority of the Neopharmed Gentili was sold to an investment fund; it was born from the hiving off of some of the Group’s assets as the respiratory, the cardiovascular and the pain ones
2018
Acquisition of the products of the OncoCare of Teva Italy, which further strengthened the effort in oncology
2019
The Diomede company is established with the aim of acquiring and renovating properties.
2020
Acquisition of the French biotech ElsaLys for the development of advanced immuno-oncological therapies
2020-21
Acquisition, by the Istituto Gentili, of the aromatase inhibitors portfolio along with a product designated to the support of the oncological patient, which further expanded the answer of the company to the fight against breast cancer