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Fidia Farmaceutici S.p.A.

EMEA

Abano Terme

,

Italy

Multinational

FOUNDED

1946

HEADCOUNT

1001-5000

FUNDING

Privately held

Keywords:

fermentation, biocatalysis, enzymes, therapeutics, cosmetics

BUSINESS

Fidia Farmaceutici is an Italian multinational pharmaceutical company, founded in 1946, specializing in hyaluronic-acid-based products for joint care, eye care, skin care, specialty care and regenerative medicine. It is fully integrated, controlling research, manufacturing and marketing, with around 1,700 employees. It produces active pharmaceutical ingredients via both tissue extraction and fermentation.

BIOTECH INVOLVEMENT

Enabling; produces hyaluronic acid by biotechnological fermentation using non-pathogenic GRAS microorganisms (replacing rooster-comb extraction) at its Noto site, and also produces enzymes such as collagenase and hyaluronidase.

TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM

microbial fermentation of hyaluronic acid from GRAS strains; enzyme production by fermentation

PRIMARY PRODUCTS

hyaluronic acid (sodium hyaluronate); collagenase; hyaluronidase

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