- CEO
- Axel Schörling
- Full Time Employees
- 23
- Sector
- Health technology
- Industry
- Pharmaceuticals: generic
- Address
- Lund Sweden
- IPO Date
- Oct 25, 2013
- Business
- EQL Pharma AB is a Sweden-based specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the development, in-licensing, registration, and commercialization of niche generic pharmaceuticals, prescription medications, and hospital-use specialty therapies. The company focuses on cost-effective medicines with limited competition, complex formulation characteristics, or high regulatory barriers to entry. Its portfolio encompasses multiple therapeutic categories, including central nervous system agents such as melatonin oral solutions and tablets (Mellozzan) indicated for pediatric insomnia and sleep disorders; cardiovascular and metabolic therapeutics, including potassium chloride formulations (Kaliumklorid EQL Pharma) and lipid regulators; anti-infectives, systemic antibiotics, and hospital injectables; analgesics and anti-inflammatory drugs; gastrointestinal treatments; and essential vitamins and supplements, including colecalciferol. EQL Pharma provides pharmaceutical products across various delivery forms, such as oral tablets, capsules, liquid solutions, and sterile intravenous injectables, serving public healthcare authorities, hospitals, retail pharmacy chains, and pharmaceutical wholesalers. Geographically, the company conducts direct commercial operations primarily across the Nordic region, including Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Finland, while extending its commercial reach across broader Europe and international markets through direct sales and out-licensing distribution partnerships. In recent developments, EQL Pharma has accelerated its European expansion by securing strategic out-licensing and commercialization partnerships for its proprietary products, including Mellozzan; expanded its commercial pipeline through new in-licensing agreements with international contract development and manufacturing organizations; secured multiple national and regional public hospital tender awards across Northern Europe; and broadened its portfolio with new market authorizations and product launches in niche hospital injectables and specialty oral prescription drugs. Founded in 2006, EQL Pharma AB is headquartered in Lund, Sweden.