Medac

Medac GmbH (stylized as medac) is a German, worldwide operating pharmaceutical company based in Wedel near Hamburg and Tornesch, which is privately owned.

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medac
TypeGmbH (Private company)
IndustryChemicals, pharmaceuticals
Founded1970
FounderWilfried Mohr, Claus-Olaf Welding, Dr. Werner Mai, Ernst Voss
HeadquartersWedel, Germany
Area served
Worldwide[1]
Key people
Dr. Lasse Lehnert, Jörg Hans, Nikolaus Graf Stolberg, Heiner Will
Revenueapprox. 501 Mio. EUR (2018/2019)[2]
Number of employees
approx. 1900 (2020)[3]
Websitehttp://www.medac.de
medac headquarter in Wedel
medac Logistikcenter in Tornesch

medac specializes in therapeutic agents for the treatment of oncological, urological and autoimmune diseases and their related symptoms. medac also produces therapeutics for fibrinolysis along with diagnostic agents for infection diagnostics and oncology diagnostics.[4][5] The corporation owns 50% of two subsidiaries, Oncotec GmbH in Dessau Germany and oncomed manufacturing a.s. in the Czech Republic city of Brno, for the production of highly effective, sterile pharmaceuticals like cytostatics.[6] In addition to generic products, medac has also developed its own products, which primarily covers therapeutic niches (e.g. EMA-approved Gliolan).

In addition to therapeutic agents, medac also markets diagnostic agents. The portfolio includes more than 40 infection diagnostics based on serological testing for bacterial and viral infections (antibody detection) and direct detection methods for bacteria, fungi and viruses using the PCR (polymerase chain reaction) technique. medac also provides reagent solutions for tissue differentiation of tumour samples.[7]

History

medac GmbH, corporation for special clinical preparations, was founded in April 1970 in Hamburg by Wilfried Mohr, Claus-Olaf Welding, Dr. Werner Mai and Ernst Voss. The objective was to produce clotting preparations and pursue the production of fibrinolytics. During this time, they also began marketing diagnostic products (antibodies). Soon after, medac focused on the indication area oncology and began marketing the pharmaceutical preparation Mitomycin C.[8][9]

Today the company supply over 50 oncology compounds in a wide range of administration forms for the treatment of different types of cancer.[10]
In the late 80s a new indication area arose – the treatment of autoimmune diseases. Today, medac supplies Methotrexat, a folic acid antagonist for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, which is available in several dosage forms.

Medac has branches as well as subsidiaries and shareholdings in Denmark, Finland, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Sweden, Czech Republic, France, Italy, the UK and Japan as well as representative agencies in Kazakhstan Russia and Ukraine.1

The pharmaceuticals and diagnostics produced by Medac are delivered to 95 countries worldwide (as of 2020).

References
  1. List of pharmaceutical manufacturers in the United Kingdom at de.wikipedia.org, called am 6. june 2012
  2. Elektronischer Bundesanzeiger] bei ebundesanzeiger.de; retrieved, 27 November 2011
  3. German company website
  4. Oxaliplatin at de.wikipedia.org, called am 13. june 2012
  5. at American Society for Microbiology, called am 18. June 2012
  6. 40 Jahre medac - Dynamisches Wachstum und soziale Verantwortung Archived 2011-07-02 at the Wayback Machine at www.wedel.de, called am 7. May 2012
  7. [ license number Gliolan (EU/1/07/413/001-003)]
  8. license number: Mitomycin 2 (394.00.00) und Mitomycin medac (394.01.00)
  9. [EUROPÄISCHE PATENTANMELDUNG ] at http://www.freepatentsonline.com/EP2292235.pdf, called am 18. June 2012
  10. 40 Jahre medac - Das Wachstum geht weiter in: Deutsche Apotheker Zeitung vom 17. Februar 2011, P.125
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