About us


Solid and reliable Swiss quality.

In a world of constantly evolving healthcare challenges, we strive to develop novel drugs and make available life-changing medicines to the largest number of patients and healthcare providers worldwide.

About us

  • Our corporate environment enables the creativity and expertise of our people to thrive around the dual axis of Tradition + Innovation and Culture + Science.

    Sintetica has two production sites, both located in Switzerland, as well as commercial offices in Switzerland, Germany and the United States. We employ around 300 people coming from 30 different countries in the world.

    The individuals are at the very core of Sintetica's philosophy. From suppliers to patients, passing through our collaborators, the true beating hearts of our success story.

Mission

  • We work with humans for humans. Moving healthcare forward requires challenging the status quo without compromising safety. We believe that by improving the way therapies are formulated and used we can have the biggest impact.

Swiss quality

  • Great sensitivity in the area of sustainability and, above all, people at the centre.

    From suppliers to patients, passing through our collaborators, the true beating hearts of our success story. This is Sintetica. Simply and proudly.

A history lasting
more than 100 years

1921
⎯ today


Sintetica has two production sites, both located in Switzerland and both specialised in the manufacture of liquid sterile injectable solutions.

Top quality products manufactured in Switzerland

Mendrisio

The Mendrisio plant has two manufacturing lines: one dedicated to glass ampoules and one dedicated to polypropylene ampoules.

Couvet

The Couvet plant has two manufacturing lines: one dedicated to polypropylene bags and one dedicated to glass and polypropylene vials.

Philosophy


Three principles guide how we operate to ensure we continue to improve therapies and have an impact.

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Innovate to improve

We engage with customers and clinicians to understand unmet needs. We think outside the box, challenge the status quo and accelerate the adoption of new solutions to change things for the better.


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Collaborate for impact

Our people are our biggest asset. We promote an inclusive environment that stimulates everyone's participation and encourages the exchange of ideas and perspectives to unleash the potential of all our people.


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Be responsible

We act in an open, honest and trustworthy way and strive for environmental and social sustainability.

Cardinal Points

Our corporate environment enables the creativity and expertise of our people to thrive around the dual axis of Tradition + Innovation and Culture + Science.

Corporate
Social
Responsibility

We strive to develop a culture in which respect is sovereign, lines of communications are opened, great talent is recognized and encouraged and individual success depends solely on personal merit and performance. Sintetica makes a great effort to be a positive member of the community everywhere it operates directly and is focused on minimizing the environmental impact of its operations by reducing its carbon footprint and natural resources demand.

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  • Openness to people and to the world is a distinctive hallmark of Sintetica’s culture. In placing value on people, Sintetica sees the expression and foundation of its own culture and identity. We encourage and support human diversity in all its forms as an expression of richness and as a source of long-term development. We seek in every way to facilitate all forms of inclusion and encourage social and cultural contamination, promoting an inclusive environment that stimulates everyone's participation and encourages the exchange of ideas and perspectives.

CSR Sintetica Corporate - People
  • Our people are our biggest asset. That’s why we aim to create an environment where solidarity, respect for the individual, open communication and passion for our work unleash the potential of all our people. We want our colleagues to be engaged, inspired and motivated by shared values and ambitions.

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  • We are committed to environmental protection across the product lifecycle, from R&D, through manufacturing, marketing and ultimately disposal. We strive to minimize the environmental impact of our operations by reducing the carbon footprint and natural resource demands of our own and our suppliers' business activities.


Our organisational capabilities


Each individual in Sintetica is crucial.
Along every single step of our Value Chain, we strive to make the difference to accomplish our mission and pursue continuous improvement. Customer focus and innovation, inspiring leadership, agility and speed are the key axes on which we base our work every day.

Sintetica Corporate - our capabilities
  • By improving the way therapies are formulated and used, we can have the biggest impact. We engage with customers and clinicians to understand unmet needs.

    We think outside the box, challenge the status quo and accelerate the adoption of new solutions to improve therapies and make an impact.

    We combine our research and development, industrial, clinical and medical people in an innovation cluster, creating a collaborative and creative work environment.

    More about innovation

  • Our experienced R&D department with 30+ dedicated professionals (more than 15% of the total workforce of our HQ), has developed a portfolio of 16 patents over the last years.

    With a proven track record of innovation and a visible pipeline, we are ready for new launches in Europe, the US and the rest of the world between 2023 and 2025.

  • A keen focus on top-notch deliverables to provide outstanding scientific value to all our programs and products.

    We liaise with partners, health authorities, healthcare professionals and other relevant stakeholders to satisfy every requirement and respond to requests quickly and efficiently.

    A full-fledged, highly experienced team of regulatory, clinical, pre-clinical and pharmacovigilance professionals with a solid track record and an average of 50+ marketing authorizations p.a. completed worldwide over the last years.

  • Our commitment is to apply the highest quality standards (Good Manufacturing Practices - GMP, FDA 21 CFR Part 210/211, International Council for Harmonisation - ICH, Pharmaceutical Inspection Convention / Cooperation Scheme – PIC / S, PE 009 “Guide to Good Manufacturing Practice for medicinal products”, national and international Pharmacopoeia) to ensure our products meet all quality, efficacy, and safety requirements during the entire life cycle.

    Our mission involves devoting the utmost attention to guarantee that our products provide the desired effect to the patients and are fit for their intended use.

  • Our two cutting-edge manufacturing facilities, located in Switzerland, ensure reliable and high-quality products to all our partners and patients worldwide.

    Top-tier technology ensures smooth flow of all production processes increasing the output per man-hour and facilitating the working practice of all our workers by eliminating bottlenecks.

  • Customer satisfaction is the pillar on which our supply chain is founded.

    Everyone operating in the planning, logistics and purchasing management works together to ensure efficiency and on-time in-full delivery.

    We always make sure that the maximum attention to ethical and environmentally responsible practices is included into our business model.

  • Our commitment to innovate therapies and drugs in anaesthesia, pain management & intensive care requires us to bring efficiently and effectively millions of doses of our life-saving products to the healthcare professionals fighting to save lives of critically ill patients. Our commercial structure has been set up to reach these objectives.

    Our Marketing & Sales team is fully committed to regularly interact with healthcare professionals and our alliance partners to identify unmet needs and areas requiring further support. Our team frequently provides necessary product safety and efficacy information and product training to the healthcare professionals. The team is always available to answer any questions in order to improve patient treatment day after day.

    We bring our portfolio of more than 250 products to patients in more than 50 countries through our own teams or through our valued alliance partners. Our team is present on the ground in Switzerland, Germany, Austria and the USA and contacts the healthcare professionals directly. In multiple other markets we work through our valued alliance partners with whom we have long-established agreements to commercialize our products. We continuously strive to improve our market reach through further strengthening our presence and alliances.

  • For Sintetica, a team of highly motivated, competent, and responsible employees endowed with autonomy is a decisive factor for business growth.

    The HR department is responsible for securing the best actors in developing the company's business and ensuring effective human capital management that combines corporate interests with personal ambitions and well-being.

  • At Sintetica we have the ambition to pioneer digital transformation in the space where we operate. We are fully committed to implement best in class systems and solutions to support our patients and ensure a sustainable business growth.

    The digital roadmap is a fundamental pillar of the company strategy to empower our people and our ability to innovate. Each employee is invited to actively participate in this important change which will further increase our quality levels and will create new opportunities for everyone.

  • We have a range of capabilities and high-performing experts across finance and corporate governance.

    Our experienced departments are deeply committed to operating in compliance with applicable laws and standards.

Ethics, Integrity & Quality