History

Lisapharma starts a more focused expansion and internationalisation process by strengthening his presence with proprietary products in the following regions: Europe, Asia Pacific, META, LatAm and emerging countries. Lisapharma aims to enlarge its pipeline and boost existing product portfolio.

Lisapharma expands its horizons by opening up to international partnerships.

A department for the production of injectable liquid forms, solutions and suspensions, is completely restructured and obtains the authorization by AIFA. In the same year a new external warehouse is also authorized, necessary to cope with the increase in volumes. The FDA project is launched.

A department for the aseptic repartition of sterile powders is completely revamped and is authorized by AIFA.

Lisapharma enters in medical devices sector with topical and injectable forms. The first registered Medical device is our Skincol. The company achieves the certifications ISO 13485 and ISO 9001.

The company is engaged in cooperation with university network to develop new drug delivery systems.

The company decides to focus on the production of injectables. The departments producing solid oral forms are restructured and the related products of Lisapharma’s list are outsourced.

Thanks to the legislation approved in that period in Italy, Lisapharma starts the contract manufacturing business and the first customer, for an injectable product, is Novartis.

At the beginning of 1970, the company sought to internationalize by building a plant in Nicaragua. Shortly thereafter, during the Civil revolution, the plant was first nationalized and then destroyed.

The export vocation of Lisapharma has distant origins in time and in geography. In this year begins to export to Taiwan, the first foreign destination of our drugs and still in the list of the countries covered.

The Bologna plant was destroyed during the Second World War. The company decides to move to the north, to Erba (CO). The new plant is completed in 1949.

Lisapharma is founded in the back of a pharmacy. At the beginning only galenic formulations are prepared, then the company grows and becomes a real pharmaceutical factory.