CHEMO believes in innovation and sustainable development. Our commitment is to improve people`s health and quality of life, providing access to safe, quality and affordable medicines, and to continuously expand our efforts and R&D investment to develop new and better therapies.


CHEMO operates across the entire pharmaceutical value chain, delivering specialized expertise in scientific research, development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of a wide range of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients (APIs), finished dosage forms (FDFs) and branded pharmaceuticals, for human and animal care.

CHEMO established a commercial office in Lugano in 1977 and its core business has been trading group and third party APIs, followed by selling group’s own FDFs. CHEMO Lugano has developed long lasting relationships with laboratories all over the world and specifically in Latin America. Beside its long term business relationship with customers, CHEMO benefits from the group`s own manufacturing network comprising 11 state-of-the-art facilities, 5 chemical and 6 pharmaceutical sites, with cutting-edge technologies, highly qualified professionals, high safety standards, and the most up-to-date equipment to perform a wide variety of chemical reactions and to produce added-value medicines, in a variety of dosage forms.