Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

Strides Pharma consolidates European operations in Switzerland

Oren Weininger appointed as chairman of the board of Strides Pharma International AG
Image source: www.strides.com

Fairmed Healthcare’s Oren Weininger has been appointed as chairman of the board of Strides Pharma International AG

Indian pharmaceutical company Strides Pharma Science Limited has announced the consolidation of its European business through Strides Pharma International AG, based in Zug, Switzerland.

Headquartered in Bangalore, Strides Pharma is a leading manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) and diverse pharmaceutical products. Notably, it is among the world's largest manufacturers of Ibuprofen and Macrogol in various forms.


The company has a global manufacturing footprint with eight facilities spread across four continents and a strong presence in 100 countries.

Oren Weininger, the longstanding leader of Fairmed Healthcare, has been appointed as the CEO and Chairman of the Board of Strides Pharma International AG.

Highlighting the company’s strategic move, Weininger stated, "With this strengthened European B2B presence, we can respond faster to our customers' needs and provide flexible, innovative solutions, and interesting generic portfolio, including comprehensive support in supply chain and quality management and regulatory processes by Strides Pharma International and the EU GMP-site in Hamburg, Germany."

The company’s key markets in Europe include Central and Southern Europe (especially Germany), Scandinavia, Benelux, and the Visegrád countries.

Weininger comes with vast experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including roles at Dexcel Pharma and Kamedis before he became CEO of Fairmed Healthcare AG in 2014. He later acquired the company in 2018.

Strides Pharma, after a period of successful partnership with Fairmed Healthcare, invested in the company in 2019, further bolstering its leading product lines.

Alongside his role at Strides Pharma International AG, Weininger continues to lead Fairmed Healthcare GmbH in Hamburg.

Strides Pharma's partner-centric in-licensing portfolio of over 250 formulations is consolidated in synergICE as a one-stop shop. It includes generics, sterile injectables, value-added products, women's health hormones, lyophilized orally dissolving tablets and end-to-end biopharmaceutical CDMO services.

More For You

Youth vaping : project to examine health impacts on children

Youth vaping : project to examine health impacts on children

Youth vaping: £62M research project to examine health impacts on children

The UK government has announced a £62 million research project to investigate the long-term health effects of vaping on young people, alongside wider influences on adolescent health and wellbeing.

While vaping is considered less harmful than smoking and can aid adult smokers in quitting, youth vaping has skyrocketed in recent years, with a quarter of 11 to 15-year-olds having tried it, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) noted in a release.

Keep ReadingShow less
David Thomas Steps In as NPA’s New Wales Representative
Five NPA members are contesting for the remaining position in England (gettyimages)

NPA board update: David Thomas succeeds Raj Aggarwal OBE

Five NPA members are contesting for the remaining position in England

David Thomas, owner of LT Chemists in Newport, will replace Raj Aggarwal OBE as the next National Pharmacy Association (NPA) board member for Wales, following an uncontested election this month.

Following the conclusion of a nomination process last week, Baldev Bange, Aisling O’Brien, Sehar Shahid, and Sanjay Ganvir have been re-elected to the Board, representing areas of England and Scotland, according to a statement from NPA.

Keep ReadingShow less
Public Policy Projects calls for better use of community pharmacy skill mix to improve medicines adherence
Non-adherence to medicines remains a critical issue, with an estimated 30 to 50 per cent of medicines for long-term conditions not taken as prescribed. (gettyimages)

Leverage pharmacy skill mix to improve medicines adherence - report suggests

The report also suggested expanding the community pharmacy contractual framework to enable community pharmacy to deliver medicines reviews

Pharmacy technicians and assistants should be enabled to talk to patients about their medications to improve medicines adherence, a new report has recommended.

The report, How medicines optimisation contributes to population health, published recently by policy institute Public Policy Projects, highlighted that non-adherence to medicines remains a critical issue, with an estimated 30 to 50 per cent of medicines for long-term conditions not taken as prescribed.

Keep ReadingShow less
GHP calls for 10% mandated protected learning time for NHS pharmacists in new campaign
Many pharmacists end up doing ‘unpaid work’ to catch up with the required training (gettyimages)

Increase protected learning time for NHS pharmacists – GHP launches national campaign

Many pharmacists end up doing ‘unpaid work’ to catch up with the required training or completing self-learning in their own time.

The Guild of Healthcare Pharmacists (GHP) has launched a national campaign advocating for pharmacists working in the NHS to have a minimum of 10% of their contracted hours protected for supporting professional activities (SPA).

In a statement published on 7 February 2025, the GHP emphasised that this protected time “should be recognized by employers and embedded in job plans.”

Keep ReadingShow less
Pharmacy contract consultation to review medicine margin and reimbursement, says Kinnock

Pharmacy contract consultation to review medicine margin and reimbursement, says Kinnock

Kinnock confirms that an announcement on the 2025/26 GP contract would be made before April 2025

The 2025/26 pharmacy contract consultation will include a review of the medicine margin and reimbursement arrangements, health and care minister Stephen Kinnock has confirmed.

Kinnock made this statement in response to a written question from Nick Timothy, Conservative MP for West Suffolk, who asked the secretary of state for health and social care, if he will review the reimbursement system for pharmacies and GP practices dispensing medicines.

Keep ReadingShow less