- CEO
- Hans-Georg Feldmeier
- Full Time Employees
- 3,500
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: major
- Address
- Lil-Dagover-Ring 7 Grunwald BV Germany 82031
- IPO Date
- Feb 9, 2018
- Business
- Dermapharm Holding SE manufactures and distributes branded pharmaceuticals, other healthcare products, and parallel imports primarily in Europe with an expanding international footprint. Founded in 1991 and headquartered in Grünwald near Munich, Germany, the company operates an integrated business model encompassing in-house research and development, production at sites including its main facility in Brehna near Leipzig, quality management, logistics, and sales through a dedicated pharmaceutical sales force; Dermapharm Holding SE is a subsidiary of Themis Beteiligungs-AG. The branded pharmaceuticals segment features over 1,300 marketing authorizations with more than 390 active pharmaceutical ingredients focused on niche therapeutic areas such as dermatology (e.g., Ampho-Moronal, Volon), vitamins/minerals/food supplements, allergology (e.g., Allergovit, Acaroid, Novo-Helisen via Allergopharma), pain and inflammation, cardiovascular support, gynecology, and urology, where it holds leading market positions in Germany; the other healthcare products segment includes food supplements, herbal pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, medical devices (e.g., bite away, Herpotherm), herbal extracts via Euromed S.A., pollen extracts via AB Cernelle, and medicinal cannabis via Candoro ethics; the parallel import business under axicorp imports originator pharmaceuticals from EU states for resale in Germany, ranking seventh by revenue. Operations span Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Poland, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, France (via Arkopharma), Sweden (via Cernelle), and the United States, with exports to over 50 countries and approximately 3,455 employees worldwide. Recent developments include ongoing restructuring at subsidiaries such as axicorp, mibe Vertrieb, Euromed, and Arkopharma to optimize contribution margins, portfolio adjustments in parallel imports by delisting low-margin products, confirmed 2025 guidance for revenue of EUR 1,160-1,200 million and adjusted EBITDA of EUR 322-332 million amid stable earnings and strong branded pharmaceuticals growth, investments in intangible assets at mibe, Arkopharma, and Cernelle, and sustained organic expansion in high-margin core portfolio and international markets including new medically relevant extracts launch in 2025.