Pharma Nord
| Type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Pharmaceuticals |
| Founded | 1981 |
| Headquarters | Vejle, Denmark |
| Key people |
Eli Wallin, Owner Sven Moesgaard, Owner |
| Products | dietary supplements |
| Website | www.pharmanord.com |
Pharma Nord is an international pharmaceutical company with corporate headquarters in Vejle, Denmark and manufacturing facility and research laboratories in Vojens, Denmark. Pharma Nord has 25 daughter companies throughout Europe, Asia, North America and the Middle East. Pharma Nord is a privately owned limited company.
History
Pharma Nord was founded in 1981 by the two current owners, Eli Wallin and Sven Moesgaard, who established an import of a British selenium dietary supplement. Soon after, the product was further developed into the product sold today as Bio-Selenium+Zinc, which is still a cornerstone of Pharma Nord's product range. The commercial success of Bio-Selenium+Zinc paved the road for the first daughter companies that were established in Sweden, England and Finland.
In 1990, Pharma Nord was the first company to introduce a coenzyme Q10 product, Bio-Quinone Q10, as a dietary supplement on the European market.[1]
In June 2005, the first turf for a DKK 150 million (USD 27 million) factory was cut by the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Hans Christian Schmidt, expanding Pharma Nord's production facilities in Vojens, Jutland.[2]
In 2007, Pharma Nord was ranked as number 286 of engineer-related businesses by the weekly newspaper Ingeniøren.[3]
Pharma Nord products are currently retailed in more than 45 countries.
Business areas
Pharma Nord develops, manufactures and markets dietary supplements, herbal remedies and medical drugs.[4]
Pharma Nord's product range contains products in the following categories:
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Multivitamin and mineral products
- Coenzyme Q10
- Essential fatty acids
- Herbal remedies
- Beauty products
- Slimming products
- Medical drugs
Research and manufacturing
Pharma Nord's products, both medical drugs and dietary supplements, are manufactured in accordance with the current Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) guidelines. The production of medical drugs is regulated by GMP, and dietary supplements are regulated by HACCP. Pharma Nord applies the strictest rules from either regulation in all aspects of production.[citation needed]
Pharma Nord's selenium dietary supplement SelenoPrecise is currently used in the Prevention of Cancer by Intervention with Selenium (PRECISE) study,[5] a population study involving 40,000 test participants from Denmark, Sweden and England.
Pharma Nord's coenzyme Q10 preparation is a reference product for the International Coenzyme Q10 Association.[6] Pharma Nord also actively supports scientific research into the health benefits of coenzyme Q10, and has launched Q-symbio, a large multinational study, investigating coenzyme Q10's potential as an adjuvant for treating chronic heart failure.[7] The remarkable, preliminary results are, that Coenzyme Q10 decreased all cause mortality by half.[8] This was presented by lead author Professor Svend Aage Mortensen at the congress Heart Failure 2013 held from 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal. The Q-symbio study randomised 420 patients with severe heart failure (New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III or IV) to CoQ10 or placebo and followed them for 2 years. The product used in the Q-symbio study was Pharma Nord's 100 mg Q10 in soft-gel capsules (Myoqinon).
See also
- List of Danish companies
- List of pharmaceutical companies
References
- ↑ Pharma Nord - Scientifically well founded dietary supplements and herbal remedies
- ↑ Pharma Nord to expand its production facilities in Denmark
- ↑ Pharma Nord | Ingeniøren
- ↑ TCM Denmark
- ↑ DFVF
- ↑ HomePage
- ↑ "Nyt middel til hjertepatienter", Dagbladet Børsen, 1st March 2007
- ↑
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