Grünenthal

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Grünenthal GmbH is a German pharmaceutical company headquartered in Aachen in Germany. It was founded in 1946 as Chemie Grünenthal and has been continuously family-owned. The company was the first to introduce penicillin into the German market in the postwar period, after the Allied Control Council lifted its ban. Grünenthal became infamous in the 1950s and 1960s for the development and sale of the teratogenic drug thalidomide, marketed as the sleeping pill Contergan and promoted as a morning sickness preventive. Thalidomide caused severe birth defects, miscarriages, and other severe health problems. The company is leading in pain medications such as Tramadol, which was developed in-house. The company has two offices in Germany as well as subsidiaries in Europe, Latin America, the US, and China. In 2018, the company acquired Averitas Pharma, under which the company continues to operate in the US market.

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