Vianex S.A.

VIANEX’s origins date back to 1924, when Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, grandfather of Dimitrios Giannakopoulos, opened one of the first pharmacy stores in Athens, in Peiraios Street. After accumulating decades of family experience in the field, his son, Pavlos Giannakopoulos, founded PHARMAGIAN in 1960, a company that acted as a representative of major international pharmaceutical companies in Greece. Two decades of expansion followed and in 1971 the company became a societe anonyme (S.A.), changing its name to VIANEX, while in 1977 it began its manufacturing activities with the establishment of the first manufacturing plant in the Athens area.

A second plant was obtained from the Winthrop-Sterling company in 1983 in the Pallini region of Athens, while a third plant was added in VIANEX’s roster in 1985.[9]

In 1995, developments and the growth of the over-the-counter (O.T.C.) sector led to VIANEX S.A. founding VIAN S.A., in order to distribute its O.T.C. pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products.

The company’s expansion in various sectors of the pharmaceutical industry called for a fourth plant in 1999, this time in the industrial area of Patras, focusing on the manufacture of certain antibiotics. In 2006, VIANEX established a Research & Development spin-off company, ELDRUG S.A., which bases its work on the research findings of the University of Patras and on the University’s technical expertise.

In 2011, VIANEX became an approved supplier by the World Health Organization.[10]

In 2019, VIANEX acquired Pharmanel pharmaceutical company.

VIANEX products cover the following therapeutic classes:

Prescription (RX), including Gastroenterology, Hypertension, Cholesterol, Dermatological, Osteoporosis, Antibiotics, Vaccines, Blood derivatives, Oncology, Anti-inflammatories, Neurology/Psychiatry, Urology, Asthma and Eye care.

Non-Prescription (OTC), such as analgesics and antiseptics

Nutritional Supplements

Infant Nutrition

Diagnostics

Cosmetics, such as skin care products etc