Sanitas

History

• In 1922, AB Sanitas was established in Kaunas – a pharmaceutical laboratory producing cosmetics.
• In 1994, Sanitas was privatized and its shares were listed on the National Securities Exchange.
• In May 2004, Sanitas acquired a Lithuanian manufacturer of pharmaceutical preparations – AB Endokrininiai Preparatai.
• On 21 November 2005, the shares of AB Sanitas were entered onto the Main List of NASDAQ OMX Vilnius securities exchange.
• In 2006, Sanitas acquired a Polish company Jelfa, which was integrated into Sanitas group. More than a hundred new products were added to the range of products manufactured by Sanitas group.
• In 2005, Sanitas group took hold in Hungary and Bulgaria and in 2007 – also in Czech Republic and Slovakia.
• In 2006, construction of a new plant started in Kaunas according to the program financed from the European Union structural funds, which was launched in September 2008.
• In December 2008, Sanitas acquired the company Homeofarm registered in Poland.
• In August 2011, the controlling shareholding in Sanitas group was acquired by the Canadian company Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. for 272,853 mln. euros. In July 2013 Valeant became a sole shareholder of Sanitas.

  Products

• dermatology ;
• medicinal products for hospitals ;
• medicinal products for the digestive system;
• ophthalmology ;
• urology ;
• over-the-counter medicines
• food supplements