Omega Pharma
Omega Pharma is a pharmaceutical company from Belgium. The company was founded in 1987 by Marc Coucke and Yvan Vindevogel, former students of the University of Ghent. The company employs approximately 2,000 employees (2012 ) and is headquartered in Nazareth, Belgium.
Expansion in Europe
In 2001, Omega Pharma, the German Chefaro Pharma GmbH and Paracelsia Pharma GmbH, both based in Waltrop.
End of June 2004 took over Omega Pharma a portfolio of over the counter preparations and cosmetics for EUR 135 million (approx. 163 million USD) of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Leading brands in the portfolio are, inter alia, Angstrom, Buttercup, Claire Fisher, Cyklokapron, Eau Precieuse, Fenuril, Lyclear, Restivoil, TCP, and Trofodermin.
In March 2012, Omega Pharma announced the acquisition of a portfolio of non-prescription medicines and dietary supplements of the British pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline announced. The purchase price amounted to 470 million euros. The OTC portfolio includes the well-known, especially in Germany dietary supplement of the Abbey brand as well as the pain preparations Solpadeine, the antacid Zantac, the sleep aid Nytol and antiallergic agent Beconase. At the same time took over the Omega Pharma GlaxoSmithKline manufacturing plant in Herrenberg near Stuttgart, where most of these products are made.
Sponsoring
The company advertised in cycling from 2003 to 2004 as a co- sponsor of the team Quick Step - Davitamon and from 2005 to 2006 as a main sponsor of the team Davitamon -Lotto for the brand " Davitamon ". Although they put their sponsorship out continues, but for other brands. The team started the 2007 season under the name of Predictor -Lotto. Under the brand name " Predictor " Omega Pharma sells pregnancy tests. From 2008 to 2010, the team went under the name Silence-Lotto, which, promotes the brand " Silence", an anti -snoring remedies. 2010 and 2011, the company recruited for the entire Omega Pharma Group under the name "Omega Pharma-Lotto ". After separation of the Belgian lottery company Omega Pharma supports the team Omega Pharma- Quick Step, which was previously called Quick Step Cycling Team.