Mepha

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Mepha Schweiz AG

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founding 1949
Seat Basel , Switzerland
management Andreas Bosshard
( General Manager )
Number of employees 157 (2019)
sales 306 million CHF (2018)
Branch Pharma
Website www.mepha.ch www.tevapharma.ch

The Mepha Switzerland AG , based in Basel is one of the leading pharmaceutical companies in Switzerland. The company includes Mepha Pharma AG , which markets generics, and Teva Pharma AG , which offers specialties. Since 2011 the company has been part of the Teva Group , the world's number one in the generic market.

In terms of sales, Mepha Schweiz AG ranks third in the overall Swiss pharmaceutical market. In terms of the number of packs sold, the brand with the rainbow logo is the best-selling drug brand in Switzerland.

With a market share of 37.2 percent, Mepha / Teva occupies the leading position in the Swiss generics market.

The sales company Mepha Pharma AG markets over 230 branded and non-branded generics, including OTC branded products, and covers 18 medical indication areas. The products are sold to pharmacies, self-dispensing doctors, drug stores and hospitals. The sales company Teva Pharma AG offers over 60 specialties in the areas of the central nervous system, cancer and respiratory diseases in Switzerland.

The company, which was founded in 1949, employs 157 people and generated sales of CHF 306 million in 2018.

Field of activity

Mepha Schweiz AG sells medicines in the following indication areas:

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e f IQVIA figures for the overall market (pharmacy / SD / hospital) as of Sept. 2019.
  2. Kathlyn Stone: Top generic drug companies. In: The Balance , May 9, 2017. online