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112 CEO TODAY EUROPE AWARDS 2020 Uni ted Kingdom Darren Fergus Managing Director of Sintetica Limited About Darren Fergus Darren Fergus Darren is Managing Director of Sintetica Limited. He is an indefatigable leader, market leading strategist, intrapreneur and creative expert who has worked on both sides of the Atlantic. Firm Profile Established 1921 in Switzerland, Sintetica is a pharmaceutical company delivering injectable anaesthetics and analgesics to patients worldwide, through innovative science and excellence in development, production and marketing. We employ around 300 people in Europe coming from 30 different countries in the world. Our sites are located in Switzerland Germany, Austria and United Kingdom. The headquarters is in Mendrisio, Switzerland, where among others, innovation department employees comprise 15% of the total work force. The Swiss manufacturing sites of Mendrisio and Couvet have a production capacity of 90 million ampoules, 5 million infusion bags and over 8 million vials. The agile and multicultural high-performing organization is built to support both the robust national growth and the rapid global expansion. Everything we do is to achieve scientific leadership. We are continuously improving the way we work, taking the best we can of the capabilities we already have and building those we are need of. We bring our research and development, regulatory, clinical and medical people together in a scientific cluster, creating a more collaborative, vibrant and creative working environment. We also partner with physicians, academics and key opinion leaders to access the best science and accelerate the development of innovative drugs. www.sintetica.com