From 1929
1929Ramón Reig Jofré created Laboratorio Reig Jofré in the back room of his pharmacy located at Calle Gran de Gracia, in Barcelona.

1958He built a new 5-floor production laboratory on Calle Pi i Margall, in Barcelona.

1963Agreement with Pierre Fabre to commercialise Ciclotres in Spain, collaborating to consolidate its commercial network in Spain.

1964Launch of Vincosedan and Dermo Chabre B6.

1970Juan Mª Biosca is appointed as General Manager of Laboratorio Reig Jofré.

1982Acquisition of Laboratorio Farmacéutico Vicente Ferrer with its speciality, Oftalmol.

1983Specialisation of the equipment in developments in the field of Dermatology.

1989Acquisition of Laboratorio Farmacéutico Galepharma Ibérica. Following renovation, the facilities at Sant Adrià del Besós specialise in the production of Penicillin products, and the activity of the Industrial Division as manufacturers for third parties begins.

1992Acquisition of the specialities Phonal and Otocerum.

1993Acquisition of Laboratorios Medea, specialised in dermatology products such as Complidermol and Medebiotín. The installations are specialised in the production of solid and semi-solid forms.

1995Acquisition of Laboratorio Orravan, specialised in the OTC line: Vaseline, Suentillas, Chlorates.

1996Acquisition of the product line OTC topical disinfectants from Montplet.

1997Acquisition of the Sant Joan Despí/Barcelona plant (SJD) from Boehringer Ingelheim.

1998The companies of the Group move to the new headquarters in Sant Joan Despí (Barcelona).

1999Acquisition of Laboratorio Ramón Sala with its speciality, Lacteol.

2000Acquisition of the GlaxoSmithKline penicillin antibiotic factory in Toledo (Spain).

2000Renovation of the Sant Joan Despí plant (RJ Barcelona) to increase the production capacity of the Industrial Services Division. Creation of the International Business Area.

2001Specialisation of the plant in Toledo (Spain) (RJ Toledo) in the development of generic products and production of penicillin specialities for third parties around the world.

2002Acquisition of package of penicillin antibiotic specialities from Cepa Schwarz with leading brands such as Farmoproina.

2003Inauguration of the plant for cephalosporin antibiotic vials for injection, in Toledo (Spain).

2004Acquisition of the Madrid Farma Antibiotics actives and the takeover of their commercial network of medical visits, as well as their brands: Ardine, Anaclosil, Pulmictan, Ulcometion and AdineClav.

2006Ignasi Biosca Reig, third generation in the family, becomes the CEO of REIG JOFRE Group.

2007Creation of Giadic Biotech, joint venture with Oryzon Genomics to carry out research in the field of cancer in women.

2008Creation of the Centre of Freeze-drying Excellence in Sant Joan Despí.

2009Inauguration of a new sterile freeze-drying plant in Sant Joan Despí (Barcelona).

2009Acquisition of Bioglan AB in Malmö (Sweden), specialized in the development and manufacturing of dermatological and topical products.

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