Menarini Diagnostics Ltd Jobs Profile

Menarini was established over a century ago (1886 to be precise) in a small laboratory of the Farmacia Internazionale (International Pharmacy) of Naples. In 1915 it transferred to Florence, where it still has its head office.

Since 1978 Menarini has established a series of agreements with some important Italian companies, with the aim of joining energy and resources to compete better at international level.

The first agreement was with Malesci, then followed those with Guidotti, Lusofarmaco, Lusochimica and FIRMA. The aim of these agreements has been a better organization of the strategic areas of Research and Development and of Internationalization, as well as reaching maximum efficiency in the production and supply chain.

In 1976, activity in the Diagnostics Division was added to the existing ethical drug production and in 1994 the OTC Division was started.

Today the Menarini Group is the first Italian pharmaceutical group in the world.

Already in the 1960’s Menarini had realised the importance of broadening its horizons beyond its domestic borders. In fact, the establishment of Laboratorios Menarini of Barcelona, Spain dates back to this period.

The 1970’s were characterised by the strengthening of Menarini's position in Italy which was consolidated the following decade by numerous agreements made with other important Italian pharmaceutical companies.

Once Menarini reached the first position in the ranking of Italian pharmaceutical companies in the 1990's, it focussed on its rapid expansion throughout Europe and the world through the acquisition or opening of affiliate companies.

Today the Menarini Group is present:

in all countries of the European Union (except the Scandinavian countries)
in Switzerland
in the Central and Eastern European countries where it is among the major international pharmaceutical groups, particularly in the Baltic countries, Russia and the other countries of the ex-Soviet Union
in Central America where it ranks at the fifth position
in the main developing countries such as India (from 1995), Vietnam (from 1994), People's Republic of China and Korea
in South Africa