Hameln Pharmaceuticals

The history of the now 4th generation owner-managed company goes back to the 19th century. In 1890, Dr. Wilhelm Kerstein laid an important foundation for the company that would become an impressive corporate development, when he bought the Raths-Apotheke in Hameln from the successors of Friedrich Wilhelm Adam Sertürner, who discovered morphine. Sertürner’s invention had a lasting impact on the business of the Kerstein family as pain medication is still the company’s core business today.