- CEO
- Gábor Orbán
- Full Time Employees
- 11,955
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: major
- Address
- Gyömrői út 19-21 Budapest BU Hungary 1103
- IPO Date
- Nov 9, 1994
- Business
- Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter Plc (RICHT.BD) engages in the research, development, manufacturing, and marketing of pharmaceuticals worldwide. Founded in 1901 and headquartered in Budapest, Hungary, the company operates through two primary segments: Pharmaceuticals, encompassing Women's Healthcare, Neuropsychiatry, Biotechnology, General Medicine, and Other pharma; and Others, including wholesale, retail distribution, and support services. It manufactures approximately 2800 products, including original, generic, biosimilar, and licensed medicines targeting gynaecological, cardiovascular, central nervous system, oncology, neuroscience, anti-inflammatory, antiallergic, antiulcer, tranquillizer, antibacterial, and gastrointestinal therapeutic areas; key offerings include recombinant follicle stimulating hormone (BEMFOLA), proprietary antipsychotics like cariprazine, Panangin, and steroid-based products for women's health, with active pharmaceutical ingredients produced at facilities in Dorog, Debrecen biotechnology plant, and subsidiaries in Russia and Poland. The company maintains manufacturing sites in Budapest and Dorog, Hungary; Debrecen for biopharmaceuticals; Gedeon Richter RUS for solid dosage forms serving CIS countries and Hungary; and Gedeon Richter Polska for tablets and capsules exported to Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Romania, and Ukraine; it conducts operations in over 100 countries, with expanding presence in Western Europe, China, North America, Latin America, and joint ventures such as Richter-Helm in Germany and partnerships in India. Recent developments include a May 2025 strategic investment and collaboration with Granata Bio, acquiring a significant equity stake, securing a board seat, co-developing BEMFOLA for the US fertility market, and entering a royalty agreement for human menopausal gonadotropin, aimed at strengthening US women's health presence; additionally, affiliate Richter BioLogics opened a new cGMP biopharmaceutical facility in September 2024 for sterile injectables, and ongoing CNS collaborations with AbbVie persist into 2025.