Pharma Nord
Encyclopedia
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.
dietary supplement. Soon after, the product was developed additionally and ended up as the product known 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, Phama Nord was the first company to introduce a coenzyme Q10 product, Bio-Quinone Q10, as a dietary supplement on the European market.
In June 2005, the first turf for a DKK 150 mn (USD 27 mn) factory was cut by the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Hans Christian Schmidt
, expanding Pharma Nord's production facilities in Vojens, Jutland.
In 2007, Pharma Nord was ranked as number 286 of engineer-related businesses by the weekly newspaper Ingeniøren
.
Pharma Nord products are currently retailed in more than 45 countries.
Pharma Nord's product range contains products in the following categories:
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.
Pharma Nord's selenium
dietary supplement SelenoPrecise is currently used in the Prevention of Cancer by Intervention with Selenium (PRECISE) study, 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. 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.
Pharmaceutical company
The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs licensed for use as medications. Pharmaceutical companies are allowed to deal in generic and/or brand medications and medical devices...
with corporate headquarters
Headquarters
Headquarters denotes the location where most, if not all, of the important functions of an organization are coordinated. In the United States, the corporate headquarters represents the entity at the center or the top of a corporation taking full responsibility managing all business activities...
in Vejle
Vejle
Vejle is a town in Denmark, in the southeast of the Jutland Peninsula at the head of Vejle Fjord, where the Vejle and Grejs Rivers and their valleys converge. It is the site of the councils of Vejle Municipality and the Region of Southern Denmark...
, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
and manufacturing facility and research laboratories in Vojens, Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...
. Pharma Nord has 25 daughter companies throughout Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, Asia
Asia
Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent, located primarily in the eastern and northern hemispheres. It covers 8.7% of the Earth's total surface area and with approximately 3.879 billion people, it hosts 60% of the world's current human population...
, North America
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
and the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far 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 seleniumSelenium
Selenium is a chemical element with atomic number 34, chemical symbol Se, and an atomic mass of 78.96. It is a nonmetal, whose properties are intermediate between those of adjacent chalcogen elements sulfur and tellurium...
dietary supplement. Soon after, the product was developed additionally and ended up as the product known 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, Phama Nord was the first company to introduce a coenzyme Q10 product, Bio-Quinone Q10, as a dietary supplement on the European market.
In June 2005, the first turf for a DKK 150 mn (USD 27 mn) factory was cut by the Minister for Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Hans Christian Schmidt
Hans Christian Schmidt
Hans Christian Schmidt is a danish politician and has been the Minister for transportation. A teacher by profession, he was the Danish Minister of Food from 2004 to 2007. Before that, he was the Minister for the Environment from 2001...
, expanding Pharma Nord's production facilities in Vojens, Jutland.
In 2007, Pharma Nord was ranked as number 286 of engineer-related businesses by the weekly newspaper Ingeniøren
Ingeniøren
Ingeniøren is a Danish weekly newspaper specialising in engineering topics. It covers science and technology issues as well as political topics and debate related to engineering.-External links:* *...
.
Pharma Nord products are currently retailed in more than 45 countries.
Business areas
Pharma Nord develops, manufactures and markets scientifically well founded dietary supplements, herbal remedies and medical drugs.Pharma Nord's product range contains products in the following categories:
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- MultivitaminMultivitaminA multivitamin is a preparation intended to supplement a human diet with vitamins, dietary minerals, and other nutritional elements. Such preparations are available in the form of tablets, capsules, pastilles, powders, liquids, and injectable formulations...
and mineral products - Coenzyme Q10
- Essential fatty acids
- Herbal remedies
- Beauty productsNutricosmeticsThe term nutricosmetics refers to nutritional supplements which can support the function and the structure of the skin.Many micronutrients have this effect. Vitamin C , for example, has a well established anti-oxidant effect that reduce the impact of free radicals in the skin.It also has a vital...
- 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)Good Manufacturing Practice
"Good manufacturing practice" or "GMP" are practices and the systems required to be adapted in pharmaceutical manufacturing, quality control, quality system covering the manufacture and testing of pharmaceuticals or drugs including active pharmaceutical ingredients, diagnostics, foods,...
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.
Pharma Nord's selenium
Selenium
Selenium is a chemical element with atomic number 34, chemical symbol Se, and an atomic mass of 78.96. It is a nonmetal, whose properties are intermediate between those of adjacent chalcogen elements sulfur and tellurium...
dietary supplement SelenoPrecise is currently used in the Prevention of Cancer by Intervention with Selenium (PRECISE) study, 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. 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.