- CEO
- Marc Werner
- Full Time Employees
- 4,511
- Sector
- Healthcare
- Industry
- Medical - Distribution
- Address
- Untermattweg 8 Bern Switzerland 3027
- IPO Date
- Jul 11, 2022
- Business
- Galenica AG operates as a leading integrated healthcare service provider in Switzerland. The company conducts its activities through two primary segments, Products & Care and Logistics & IT; the Products & Care segment encompasses retail pharmacies under brands including Amavita, Sun Store and Coop Vitality, home care services via Bichsel HomeCare, online pharmacies such as Redcare Pharmacy through its stake and Mediservice, consumer health products marketed by Verfora including Perskindol, Triofan and brands from partners like Cooper Consumer Health, clinical nutrition and patient-specific blister packaging by Bichsel and Medifilm, digital platforms through Lifestage Solutions, mobile care home doctors via Emeda, and services for professionals such as complementary medicine via Spagyros; the Logistics & IT segment delivers pre-wholesale and wholesale distribution, storage, debt collection, master data systems, healthcare management solutions, group IT services and pharmaceutical information publications to pharmacies, drugstores, doctors, hospitals, care homes and suppliers. Galenica AG, founded in 1927 and headquartered in Bern, Switzerland, maintains nearly 380 bricks-and-mortar pharmacies, supports omni-channel distribution including online and at-home delivery, and serves both consumer and professional markets across Switzerland with a network of over 20 business units. In recent developments, Galenica completed the acquisition of Diagnostics Group GmbH, operating as Labor Team, on September 9, 2025, to launch Galenica Diagnostics and enter the medical laboratory sector as Switzerland's fourth-largest provider; the company increased its stake in Redcare Pharmacy to 10.3% in 2024, integrated it into Mediservice, and invested in Farmadomo Home Care Provider SA for a 33% share to expand clinical nutrition and blister packaging in southern Switzerland; additionally, Verfora assumed exclusive marketing and distribution of Cooper Consumer Health products including Duphalac, Legalon and Prosta-Urgenin from January 1, 2025, while Medifilm commissioned new blister packaging machines awaiting Swissmedic certification in early 2025 and a new quality management system rolled out across pharmacies in January 2025.