Company profile

Pharmacosmos is a privately-owned pharmaceutical company established in 1965 by Dr. Henry M. Christensen M.D. and operates internationally within three focus areas:

  1. Medicine for human iron therapy
  2. Medicine for animal iron therapy
  3. Clinical and technical grade dextrans

Our corporate headquarter is located in Denmark, Europe, where we manufacture and develop medicines for treatment of iron deficiency anemia in humans and animals.

Pharmacosmos markets its branded iron dextran injection compound CosmoFer® for human use in more than 25 countries. In the US, Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. markets Pharmacosmos' iron dextran as INFeD®.

Pharmacosmos is the worldwide leading manufacturer and supplier of veterinary iron dextran injection for prevention of iron deficiency anemia in piglets. Pharmacosmos markets its own branded veterinary iron dextran solution for injection Uniferon® in several countries. In addition, Pharmacosmos serves as contract manufacturer of veterinary iron dextran solution for injection on behalf of international corporations.

Since 2000, Pharmacosmos is the only dextran manufacturer that has received the certificate from the European Directorate for the Quality of Medicines (EDQM) for the specific pharmacopoeial clinical grade dextran fractions: Dextran 1, Dextran 40, Dextran 60 and Dextran 70.