Ferring is a research driven, speciality biopharmaceutical group active in global markets. The company identifies, develops and markets products in the urology, gastro,obstetrics and infertility
Ferring was founded in 1950 by Dr. Frederik Paulsen. Ferring was one of the first companies to develop and sell pharmaceutical products based on naturally-occurring pituitary peptide hormones. The peptides were initially extracted from porcine, and to some extent whale, pituitary glands until Dr. Paulsen initiated industrial synthesis of peptides. He explored the concept that they could be reconfigured to produce compounds with all the advantages and none of the limitations of the naturally-occurring molecule. The development of the product Minirin