1983 headquarters lachen switzerland number of locations 45 products octaplas octagam octagam10 % octanate octaninef octaplex octavi sd optimum octalbin uniplas rhesonativ aunativ gammonativ atenativ gammanorm nanotiv octonativ octanine f nuwiq wilate see complete products listing . revenue euro 1.513 billion 2015 1 number of employees 6 213 2015 2 slogan for the safe and optimal use of human proteins website www.octapharma.com octapharma ag is the largest privately owned human protein products manufacturer in the world . founded in 1983 by wolfgang marguerre octapharma employs 6 213 people globally . octapharma is owned by wolfgang marguerre and his three children two of whom frederic marguerre and tobias marguerre sit on the management board . octapharma s core business is the development and production of human proteins from human blood plasma and human cell lines . it is headquartered in lachen switzerland . contents 1 products 2 history 3 research and development 4 production 5 notes and references 6 see also 7 external links products edit patients in 105 countries are treated with products in the following therapeutic areas haematology high purity coagulation factor concentrates for patients with bleeding disorders haemophilia a b and von willebrand disease immunotherapy immunomodulation or immunoglobulin replacement therapy for the treatment of immune mediated diseases and deficiencies immune disorders including autoimmune diseases and antibody deficiency by inducing enhancing or suppressing an immune response . critical care human plasma and protein products for treating critically ill or injured patients in intensive care and emergency medicine settings . 3 history edit octapharma was founded in 1983 on the principle of enhancing safety for patients . in the name octapharma the octa is derived from the greek word for eight named after the factor which is deficient in haemophilia a patients . octapharma s inaugural product was the first factor viii concentrate using what was then innovative solvent detergent virus inactivation technology . the underlying principle of octapharma s r & d is the development of therapies based on human proteins either purified from human plasma or produced by recombinant technologies applied to human cell lines . research and development edit current r & d projects april 2014 fully pharmaceutically licensed sd treated freeze dried non blood type specific plasma in bags a new fibrinogen product next generation immunoglobulin a human growth factor product g csf granulocyte colony stimulating factor long acting alpha 1 antitrypsin c1 esterase inhibitor human coagulation factor vii production edit octapharma converts source plasma into plasma protein products through fractionation and processing . octapharma owns five state of the art production facilities in austria france germany sweden and mexico . octapharma owns plasma centres in europe and the united states . to fulfil increasing global demand and to exceed its goals the company is increasing plasma availability by sourcing higher volumes of plasma and increasing the capacity of production plants to convert more source plasma into product . notes and references edit annual report 2015 http www.octapharma.com en about newsroom annual reports.html annual report 2015 http www.octapharma.com en about newsroom annual reports.html octapharma website http www.octapharma.com en patients diseases therapies.html see also edit list of pharmaceutical companies pharmaceutical industry in switzerland external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to octapharma . octapharma ag website octapharma plasma inc. website companies portal switzerland portal authority control worldcat identities viaf 156189211 lccn nb2005005516 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title octapharma & oldid 725018591 categories pharmaceutical companies of switzerland1983 establishments in switzerlandhidden categories pages using infobox company with unsupported parameterscommons category with page title same as on wikidatawikipedia articles with viaf identifierswikipedia articles with lccn identifiers navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages deutschsvenska edit links this page was last modified on 13 june 2016 at 01 54 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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