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HISTORY

2002
November 2002

PHARMENA Sp. z o.o. is founded on the initiative of Łódź-based scientists associated with Łódź University of Technology and Medical University of Łódź. Based on a licensing agreement, the Company is granted exclusive rights to commercialise the products.

2003
January 2003

The Company starts its operating activities. In May that year, the first original products by the Company appear on the Polish market — DERMENA anti-hair loss shampoo, THERMI care and soothing gel and ACCOS anti-acne gel. The launching of innovative formulations patented in several countries is the capstone of many years of research conducted by Łódź University of Technology in collaboration with Medical University of Łódź.

2003
August 2003

Polska Grupa Farmaceutyczna SA takes up more than 47% of shares in the Company. A year later, in December, the Company starts export sales to chosen eastern markets.

2005
August 2005

PHARMENA founds Pharmena North America Inc. based in Boston (USA), which is to concentrate on conducting clinical trials in the USA and Canada. In November 2006, PHARMENA founds DERMENA North America Inc. based in Boston (USA), aimed at marketing dermocosmetics manufactured by the Company in the United States.

2007
In the years 2004-2007

The Company extends the product range with new products within the Dermena, Accos and Allerco (a sensitive skin care cream launched in 2005) lines.

2008
April 2008

The Company transforms its legal form from private limited company into public limited company.

2008
On 25 August 2008

PHARMENA S.A. goes public on Warsaw Stock Exchange, debuting on NewConnect, an alternative stock exchange.

2012
2012

the Company starts a cooperation with Rossmann and Hebe drugstore chains in Poland.

2012
2012

PHARMENA extends the Dermena and Allerco lines with new products.

2013
2013

The Company applies to the Food Standards Agency (FSA) in London for the authorisation of 1-MNA as a novel food ingredient.

2018
In July 2018

PHARMENA founds a special purpose entity in Germany that is intended to sell dietary supplements and dermocosmetics in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

2018
In August 2018

PHARMENA, as the first Polish company, successfully registers 1-MNA as novel food in the European Union.

2018
In December 2018

The first dietary supplement from the MENAVITIN line, based on the patented food ingredient 1-MNA, is launched by PHARMENA.

2019
In November 2019

PHARMENA starts a global cooperation with Amazon EU in terms of selling the Company’s products on the Amazon e-commerce platforms.

2020
In April 2020

The Company files a patent application for the use of 1-MNA against viral infections and allergies.

2021
In June 2021

The Company finishes preclinical studies aimed at determining the effective dose of 1-MNA, a drug candidate in pulmonary fibrosis and viral infections.

2023
In June 2023

The Company sold an organized part of the enterprise related to dermocosmetic business to Laboratorio Genove S.A.

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PHARMENA S.A.
ul. Gdańska 47/49
90-729 Łódź

Phone: +48 42 280 77 07 

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