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EMS (pharmaceuticals)

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Type
  
Private

Number of employees
  
4,500

Revenue
  
2.8 billion USD (2012)

Founded
  
1950

Products
  
Drugs and generic drug

Website
  
www.ems.com.br

Founder
  
Emiliano Sanchez

Parent organization
  
NC Participações S.A.

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Industry
  
Pharmaceuticals and health care

Key people
  
Waldir Eschberger, (CEO)

Headquarters
  
Hortolândia, São Paulo, Brazil

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EMS is the biggest domestic pharmaceutical company in Brazil,. Founded in the mid-1950s, the company has two industrial plants based in São Bernardo do Campo and Hortolândia, in the state of São Paulo.

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, Eurofarma, Aché and Cristália.

    References

    EMS (pharmaceuticals) Wikipedia
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