Turnover: 160 million EUR (2022)

Country: Lebanon

Pharmaceutical laboratory owned by Lebanese Benta

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Pharmaceuticals: Benta relocates six strategic molecules 24/07/2023

  • Pharmaceutical laboratory Benta invests 13 million euros to modernize its Saint-Genis-Laval plant.
  • In 2020, Benta took over the production site of the Famar laboratory.
  • Benta plans to relocate six generic drugs to France with a budget of 4.8 million euros.
  • Benta works as a subcontractor for Sanofi, Abbott and Procter & Gamble, and plans to launch new generic drugs on the market by the end of 2022.
  • Benta employs 600 people at its plants in France and Beirut.
  • The workforce at the Saint-Genis-Laval plant will increase from 115 to 165 by 2025.
  • Benta's total sales amount to around 160 million euros.
  • The Saint-Genis-Laval plant was acquired by Famar from Sanofi in 2004. The plant celebrated its fortieth anniversary in 2022.