Stallergenes Greer International AG is a global bio

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headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of respiratory allergies through

immunotherapy Immunotherapy or biological therapy is the treatment of disease by activating or suppressing the immune system. Immunotherapies designed to elicit or amplify an immune response are classified as ''activation immunotherapies,'' while immunotherap ...

. Stallergenes Greer International AG is the parent company of GREER Laboratories, Inc. (registered office in the U.S.) and Stallergenes S.A.S. (registered office in France). With 1035 employees in 2021, Stallergenes Greer operates in 19 countries. Stallergenes Greer's core manufacturing facilities are located both in Europe (

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and Amilly in France) and in the

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History

Stallergenes was founded in 1962 by Institut Mérieux In 2015, Stallergenes and Greer Laboratories Inc. merged to form Stallergenes Greer, "a worldwide leader in allergy immunotherapy". Greer was founded by R.T. Greer, a collecter of source materials (i.e. : roots, herbs, pollens) in 1904. Stallergenes Greer is a privately held company owned by B-Flexion (ex Waypoint Capital), chaired by Ernesto Bertarelli.

Activity

Stallergenes Greer is specialised in allergy immunotherapy treatments. It includes Name Patient Products (NPP) which are allergen products, prepared in accordance with prescriptions for individual patients. The product portfolio covers different segments including: sublingual products (Staloral®,

Oralair Allergen immunotherapy, also known as desensitization or hypo-sensitization, is a medical treatment for environmental allergies, such as insect bites, and asthma. Immunotherapy involves exposing people to larger and larger amounts of allergen in ...

®, Actair®), subcutaneous products (Alustal®/Phostal®, Alyostal®/Albey®), allergen extracts available as bulk extract or NPP, veterinary products, testing supplies, source materials and other supplies like sterile diluents, sterile empty vials.

Board of directors

The board of directors includes: *Stefan Meister, Chairman *Michele Antonelli, Chief Executive Officer *Francis Crispino, Board member

A pharmaceutical and clinical development programme

Since 2003, Stallergenes has been involved in a clinical development programme whose objective is to develop proprietary medicines intended to cover the main allergens responsible for more than 80% of respiratory allergies.

is the first sublingual

tablet resulting from this programme.

is marketed in 22 countries and has been approved by the

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in the United States. The second project in this programme is the house

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immunotherapy tablet Actair which is marketed in Japan, Australia, and

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