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Farma Industria Ticino (Association of the Ticino Pharmaceutical Industry)

Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland • 1001 - 5000 Employees
Pharmaceuticals

The Association at present counts 27 member companies, with a combined workforce of 2500 employees and a total annual turnover of approximately 2.3 Billion Swiss Francs, (>80% export) accounting for approximately 8% of the cantonal GNP. The actual number of personnel of the companies associated with Farma Industria Ticino averages at 100 employees and is therefore higher than the average associated with the entire industrial sector of Ticino. Representing the vast majority of the companies active in this Italian speaking part of Switzerland, FIT has a great network of know-how and access to skilled and qualified, multilingual human resources, due to its strategical and privileged geographical position that makes Ticino a natural connection between northern and southern Europe. A main area of focus to which Farma Industria Ticino contributes with its own expertise is vocational training. A commitment also based on the constant need to discover and train future co-workers. Quality, technology, innovation and sustainable growth represent the core assets of our industry. Several companies have been certified, in addition to Swissmedic, by many foreign authorities such as but not limited to US-FDA, Brazilian Anvisa, Japanese PMDA, Korean sFDA and participate in programs such as OSHA, ISO, responsible care and certified sustainability. Investments in R&D and industrial assets accounted on average for 190 Mio/year in the last 10 years. Activities of our associates range from preclinical and clinical drug development to chemical and formulation process development to industrial manufacturing of different classes of APIs and of a great variety of Drug Products forms. The vast majority of FIT companies also offer services such as Contract Research and Manufacturing Organizations.