Healthcare Magazine April 2015 | Page 144

ASPEN PHARMA

With a mission to produce , promote and market medicines that provide benefits to the health and quality of life of the population , Aspen Pharma Brazil combines excellence , innovation and quality in its comprehensive product line . This line includes brand name medications , similars , generics , herbal medicines , biological , food and cosmetics . Aspen Pharma Brazil is a subsidiary of the African , Aspen Pharmacare-main , the largest pharmaceutical company in the southern hemisphere and the ninth largest global manufacturer in the similars and generic segment .

Developing its products under the command of highly skilled scientists , as well as other global pharmaceutical and renowned research centers , the company has approximately 400 professionals employed in their Rio de Janeiro headquarters and plant in the municipality of Serra , EspĂ­rito Santo .
With an annual production of 880 million tablets and 20 million bottles of capsules , creams , gels , and other pharmaceutical forms , Aspen Pharma meets Brazilian and international market demands for prescription and over-the-counter ( OTC ) medications . The supply chain in Rio de Janeiro with account planning experts and purchases is centralized through a
Aspen Pharma reception room , Rio de Janeiro
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