EMS is the biggest domestic
pharmaceutical company in
Brazil,.
[Focus Report]
"Brazil: Big Dancer Takes the Floor"
Pharmaceutical Executive, October 2007 Founded in the mid-1950s, the company has six
industrial plants based in
São Bernardo do Campo
São Bernardo do Campo () is a Brazilian Municipalities of Brazil, municipality in the state of São Paulo.
It is part of the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. The population is 844,483 (2020 est.) in an area of .
History
The city was founded b ...
,
Hortolândia
Hortolândia is a Brazilian municipality in the interior of the state of São Paulo. It is part of the Metropolitan Region of Campinas and the Mesoregion and Microregion of Campinas. It is located northwest of the state capital, about 110 k ...
and
Jaguariúna, in the
state of São Paulo,
Manaus
Manaus () is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Amazonas. It is the seventh-largest city in Brazil, with an estimated 2020 population of 2,219,580 distributed over a land area of about . Located at the east center of the s ...
,
Brasília and
Belgrade
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in
Serbia
EMS operates through five divisions:
* EMS Similars - markets similares; a class of pharmaceuticals peculiar to the Brazilian market. Not generics but not original brands either;
* EMS Generics - markets generics;
* EMS Sigma Pharma - markets branded medicines;
* EMS Hospital - markets drugs to hospitals;
* EMS Consumer - markets OTC drugs.
Today the company has a presence in over 30 countries through joint-ventures and strategic partnerships with other pharmaceutical companies.
EMS's Brazilian main competitors are
Hypermarcas
Hypera Pharma (formerly known as Hypermarcas) is a Brazilian multinational pharmaceutical
company headquartered in São Paulo
São Paulo (, ; Portuguese for ' Saint Paul') is the most populous city in Brazil, and is the capital of the stat ...
,
Eurofarma
Eurofarma Laboratórios S.A. is a Brazilian multinational corporation engaged in biopharmaceuticals and is one of the largest medicaments producer in Brazil and Latin America. Founded in 1972, Eurofarma offer products like generics, oncology and ...
,
Aché
The Aché ( ) are an indigenous peoples of the Americas, indigenous people of Paraguay. They are hunter-gatherers living in eastern Paraguay.
From the earliest Jesuit accounts of the Aché in the 17th century until their peaceful outside contac ...
and
Cristália
Cristália is a Brazilian municipality located in the north of the state of Minas Gerais. In 2020 the population was 5,982 in a total area of 841 km2. The elevation is 728 meters. It became a municipality in 1962.
Location and Distances
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.
References
External links
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Official website
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1950
Companies based in São Paulo (state)
Pharmaceutical companies of Brazil
Generic drug manufacturers
1950 establishments in Brazil
Brazilian brands
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