- Ego Pharmaceuticals
Ego Pharmaceuticals is a privately-held
Australia npharmaceutical company with subsidiaries inMalaysia ,Singapore and theUnited Kingdom , as well as staff inBahrain ,Kuwait ,Qatar ,United Arab Emirates andSaudi 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 in1953 inMelbourne ,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 inSingapore ,Papua New Guinea , andNew Zealand . The company has since expanded into theMiddle East , with a regional office inDubai . 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/
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