mercado continuo alm mc alm founded 1943 founder antonio gallardo carreras headquarters ronda del general mitre 151 08022 barcelona spain area served international products ebastel monodox acticlate almogran tesavel & efficib solaraze airtal decoderm cordran almax parapres balneum sativex cleboril monovo actikerall . 1 revenue 769 million 2015 2 number of employees 1.889 2015 3 website www.almirall.com almirall s.a. ticker bolsa de madrid alm is a pharmaceutical company with headquarters in barcelona founded in 1943 . 4 in 2015 it generated total revenue of 769 million 5 and became the leading pharmaceutical company in r & d investment in spain . with over 1.889 employees 2015 it has a presence through its 13 affiliates in europe and united states . contents 1 history 2 activities 3 centres 4 numbers 5 main products 6 references 7 external links history edit 1943 foundation of laboratorios almirall sa . 1979 launch of the gastroprokinetic clebopride in spain the first product from the company s internal research to obtain a license in another country . 1984 launch of the antacid almagate in spain . 1985 launch of the local anti inflammatory piketoprofen in spain . 1990 launch of the antihistamine ebastine and the gastroprokinetic cinitapride in spain . opening of the affiliate in belgium . 1992 launch of the anti inflammatory aceclofenac in spain . 1993 opening of the affiliate in portugal . 1994 opening of the new headquarters of almirall in barcelona . vial containing cloperastine fendizoate produced by almirall . 1995 inauguration of the extension and remodelling of the pharmaceutical plant in sant andreu de la barca barcelona . 1997 merger of almirall and prodesfarma . 2000 approval of the marketing of the anti migraine agent almotriptan by the fda . this is the first medicine with spanish r & d to receive approval by the fda . 2001 opening of the affiliate in mexico and acquisition of the french affiliate . 2002 opening of the affiliate in italy . 2003 opening of the affiliate in germany . 2005 almirall obtains the commercial rights for sativex in europe for the treatment of spasticity associated to multiple sclerosis . 2006 inauguration of the new r & d centre in sant feliu de llobregat barcelona spain . acquisition of the centre of excellence for inhalation technology . 2007 stock market flotation and trading on the continuous market in spain . acquisition of hermal european company specialized in dermatology from reckitt benckiser . acquisition of a portfolio of eight products from shire plc. 2008 opening of affiliates in austria poland united kingdom ireland and switzerland . 2010 opening of affiliate in the nordic countries . 2011 almirall launches actikerall prescribed for the local treatment of actinic keratosis . 2012 opening of the affiliate in canada . launch of aclidinium prescribed for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease copd in europe under the brand eklira genuair and bretaris genuair and in the united states under the brand tudorza pressair . launch of monovo for the treatment of inflammatory skin diseases such as psoriasis . 2013 acquisition of aqua pharmaceuticals the usa company specialized in dermatology . launch of linaclotide in europe constella for irritable bowel syndrome with constipation ibs c and opening of an affiliate in the netherlands . 2014 almirall transfers the rights of its respiratory franchise to astrazeneca to thereby focus on the dermatology area . 2015 almirall declares its strategic intention to become a leading pharmaceutical company in the field of dermatology worldwide and continues with its expansion by acquiring poli group holding . 2016 almirall acquires thermigen llc . activities edit almirall collaborates with various public and private entities such as the centro superior de investigaciones cient ficas csic the instituto de investigaci n biom dica and the parc cient fic de barcelona in spain . highlighted among the international alliances are those with the imperial college of london united kingdom and the national institute of health nih in the united states . almirall participated in the creation of the barcelona respiratory network foundation . in europe the company has contributed in several projects with the innovative medicines initiative imi . almirall chemical plant near sant celoni catalonia . centres edit the company has three r & d centres distributed in spain and germany reinbek and switzerland lugano . the r & d centre in sant feliu de llobregat barcelona houses the departments involved in all stages of r & d as well as the development of new chemical entities . the reinbek centre of excellence for dermatology specializes in the development of new formulas for the treatment of skin diseases . the company also has two production centres two in spain the pharmaceutical plant in sant andreu de la barca barcelona and the pharmaceutical and chemical plant in sant celoni barcelona ; and a pharmaceutical plant in germany reinbek ; as well as 13 affiliates in germany austria belgium luxembourg the united states france the netherlands italy the nordic countries poland portugal the united kingdom ireland spain and switzerland . 6 numbers edit 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 7 2015 8 total revenue 1 002.1 mm 873.1 mm 900.2 mm 825.5 mm 1 407.4 mm 769 mm net sales 882.4 mm 768.4 mm 682.9 mm 692.9 mm 786.4 mm 685 mm % international sales 50 % 60 % 62 % 70 % 68 % % sales of own medicines 59 % 64 % 70 % 67 % investment in r & d 9 16.4 % of net sales 18.8 % of net sales 23.4 % of net sales 18 % of net sales 12.8 % of net sales 9.7 % of net sales employees 2 831 2 765 2 871 3 000 2 100 1 889 affiliates 13 13 14 15 14 13 r & d centres 10 3 3 3 3 2 2 production centres 3 3 3 3 2 2 main products edit brand active ingredient pathology ebastel ebastine allergy monodox doxycycline severe acne acticlate doxycycline hyclate severe acne almogran almotriptan migraine tesavel & efficib sitagliptin and sitagliptin metformin diabetes solaraze diclofenac sodium actinic keratosis airtal aceclofenac musculoskeletal pain decoderm fluprednidene fungal dermatitis cordran fludroxycortide inflammation and itching of the skin parapres candesartan hypertension almax almagate acidity balneum urea dry skin cleboril clebopride gastroesophageal reflux disease actikerall 5 fluorouracil salicylic acid actinic keratosis sativex thc cannabidiol spasticity in multiple sclerosis monovo mometasone psoriasis references edit products products of almirall s.a. retrieved 17th december 2014 almirall financial data 2015 almirall annual report 2015 almirall history retrieved 18 december 2014 almirall financial data 2015 almirall what is the size of almirall s overall workforce retrieved 30 july 2014 almirall financial data 2014 almirall financial data 2015 partnering and collaboration partnering and collaboration retrieved 18 december 2014 r & d in key therapeutic areas r & d in key therapeutic areas retrieved 18 december 2014 external links edit company s website . history of almirall sa . . products of almirall s.a. . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title almirall & oldid 736954322 categories companies of spainbiotechnology companiesbiotechnology companies of spainpharmaceutical companies of spaincompanies based in barcelonacompanies listed on the madrid stock exchangecompanies established in 19431943 establishments in spainspanish brands 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 catal deutschespa ol edit links this page was last modified on 30 august 2016 at 22 15 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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