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