Our History
In 1946,
His aim was to set up a pharmaceutical company together with his sons. This was feasible thanks to his contacts with the universities in
The Farmigea Istituto Chimico Farmaeutico Sperimentale (Farmigea Experimental Chemical- Pharmaceutical Institute) was established and began manufacturing. In the beginning the firm produced a wide range of generic products like health tonics in syrup form, extracts, dermatological creams, ointments and even its first eye-drops.
Farmigea gradually expanded and increased its range of products for the market, but even in those days its principal development was in ophthalmology.
In the 1960s Farmigea was transformed into a private limited company and a fourth partner joined the three Federighi brothers. They decided to discontinue a great number of the products previously manufactured to concentrate on patent medicines to be used in ophthalmic and gynaecological fields.
From that moment on the firm slowly but incessantly expanded under the leadership of Leopoldo Federighi. After his death, one of the projects to which he was fervently dedicated began taking shape: a new production plant in the Ospedaletto industrial area - completed in the year 1997.
With the advent of the new millennium and the increasing need for specific research and new targets, Farmigea began a new chapter distinguished by strategic investments and a great desire for further development.
In fact, Federigo and
The important process of the company transformation was fully accomplished after this take-over, when the old headquarters were finally abandoned and the offices were set up in the premises of the new production plant. Today, a dynamic and motivated determination to pursue research and innovation represents the spirit of Farmigea, making it one of the most technologically advanced companies in its specific field.
