Ego Pharmaceuticals

Ego Pharmaceuticals is a privately-held Australian pharmaceutical company with subsidiaries in Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom, as well as staff in Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia. The company has researched, manufactured and marketed skincare products for over 50 years and has more than 220 employees. [cite web | year = 2008 | url = http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/content/content.cfm?ObjectID=C8A65CCA-8E38-4975-AB7A000366A47C3B&L2Parent=&L3Parent=2BECD4C6-75DC-4F08-907492EA034D35B5| title = Ego Pharmaceuticals Customer Success Story: Innovation grant helps develop head lice treatment | format = | work = | publisher = Australian Federal Government: AusIndustry | accessdate = 2007-11-14] [cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2007 | url = http://72.14.253.104/search?q=cache:0YB3v4trUmsJ:www.psa.org.au/site.php%3Fid%3D2087+%22university+of+queensland%22+%22Ego+Pharmaceuticals%22&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=7&gl=au&client=firefox-a| title = A randomised, double-blind, comparative efficacy trial of three head lice treatment options: malathion, yrethrins with piperonyl butoxide and MOOV Head Lice Solution | format = Google html cached version | work = | publisher = University of Queensland| accessdate = 2007-11-14] [cite web | url = http://www.museumvictoria.com.au/DiscoveryCentre/Infosheets/German-Migrants-in-Australia/ | title = German Migration to Australia: An Immigration Discovery Centre Reference Sheet | format = | work = | publisher = Museum Victoria | accessdate = 2007-11-14 |quote = Personal stories referenced include: Oppenheim, Ego & Oppenheim, Rae. "Strong Ego and Thick Skin: Autobiography of Gerald Oppenheim and the story of Development of Ego Pharmaceuticals." Call no: IDC 338.766 855 092 062] Ego was founded in 1953 in Melbourne, Australia as a home-based business by chemist Gerald Oppenheim, and his wife, Rae Oppenheim, a nurse. [cite web | last = Walker | first = Roseanne | year = 2006 | url = http://www.asap.unimelb.edu.au/bsparcs/biogs/P002575b.htm | title = Oppenheim, Gerald (1925 - 1995) | work = Bright Sparcs Biographical Entry | publisher = University of Melbourne | accessdate = 2007-11-14] Through the 1960s business expanded to include export markets in Singapore, Papua New Guinea, and New Zealand. The company has since expanded into the Middle East, with a regional office in Dubai. Despite takeover offers, the company remains in private hands. [ [http://www.abc.net.au/insidebusiness/content/2006/s1786513.htm Inside Business - 12/11/2006: Ego Pharmaceuticals remains family owned, run ] ]

In 2005, the two most senior managers of Ego received the independent industry ASMI Award for Excellence to the Australian Self Medication Industry. [ [http://asmi.com.au/AWARDSexcellence.htm Home ] ] In 2006, Ego was commended for its export success in the Governor of Victoria Export Awards. [cite press release | title = Commendation for Ego Parmaceuticals Export Success | publisher = Victorian Government: Minister for Manufacturing & Export | date= 2006-10-11 | url =http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/domino/Web_Notes/newmedia.nsf/b0222c68d27626e2ca256c8c001a3d2d/2f51834e9d6ef8adca2572050009fadb!OpenDocument | accessdate = 2007-11-14 ]

Ego provides support to a wide range of charities and community organisations, and invests in dermatological education and research. [ [http://www.adna.org.au/events/conference.html ADNA - Australian Dermatology Nurses Association ] ] [http://www.vcp.monash.edu.au/alumni/2007-winter.pdf] [ [http://www.eczema.org.au/corporate.html Eczema Association of Australasia Inc ] ] [ [http://www.psoriasis.org.sg/agm_oct07.htm Psoriasis Association of Singapore ] ]

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* Company website: http://www.egopharm.com.au/