The Swiss dental surgeon Dr. Paul Kradolfer founds the company Pharmaton in Lugano.
1948
Pharmaton first introduces lipressine as a vasoconstrictor for local dental anaesthesia; it is then patented as Pharmatonin.
1954
Pharmaton develops and patents its own molecule of lidocaine, a common local anaesthetic and antiarrhythmic drug.
Changes
1960s
Research and scientific documentation on different medicinal plants, in particular on the roots of Panax ginseng, by C. A. Meyer. For the first time, it became possible to obtain a standardised ginseng extract from these roots (then patented as G115®).
1961
First marketing approval and launch of Geriavit Pharmaton® in Switzerland.
1967
Launch of Kiddi® Pharmaton.
1975-1977
Launch of the Ginsana® line.
1989
Launch of Gincosan® and Prostatonin®.
Boehringer Ingelheim
1991
Integration into the Boehringer Ingelheim Group as a “dedicated centre” for phytopharmaceutical research.
From 1994 on
New marketing and PR strategy introduced under the logo "Pharmaton Natural Health Products"; constant development of new products and new galenic forms of existing products.
1995
Launch of Antistax®.
2000
Launch of Songha® Night.
New, fully automated high-bay warehouse.
2002
Launch of Seresis®
2009
The power of nature captured by science.
The birth of Ginsana.
