IPSEN PHARMA BIOTECH
- Type
- manufacturer (our classification of the record, not a statement by the company)
- Role
- Manufacturer (official record)
- Location
- Signes, France
- Founded
- 1988 (matches the state register)
- Categories
- Manufaktur Farmasi
Listed in a source registry
France INSEE Sirene / INPI RNE state register (annuaire-entreprises.data.gouv.fr)
What is established and what is not
No researcher review has been written for this company yet. 23 official records from 17 official sources are on file. 4 other entries are not official records: our own technical checks and searches, open directory listings, our inferences or the company's own statements. Everything is listed below with its evidence type: each entry confirms only what it literally says; none of them is a review. The manufacturing role above rests on the official records listed below, and only as far as each literally goes: a facility registration or licence is not an observation of current production. Nothing here confirms ownership or trading status beyond what each record literally says.
Facts on file, each with its evidence type
- Legally registered and still active (record type: registry-active-global) [official record; status green] Shows the register lists the registration as active on the date we read it. It does not show how busy the business is. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
- No insolvency proceedings on record (record type: insolvency-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] We searched the official bulletin and found no insolvency proceedings on that date. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
- On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 1988. Shows how long the company has been on the state register, which is hard to fake and easy to check. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- product-authorised-for-sale (record type: product-authorised-for-sale; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A national regulator lists this company as the MAKER of products it has authorised for sale in that country. It is an export footprint you can check, not a quality rating: the register says the goods were allowed in, not that they are good. checked 2026-08-21. Ministry of Health of Armenia, State Register of Medicinal Products (pharm.am)
- Legal entity ID lapsed (record type: lei-lapsed) [official record; status amber] The global finance identifier was not renewed. This does not mean the company closed. checked 2026-09-07. GLEIF global LEI register (golden copy)
- Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-establishment) [official record; status green] The place of business the company itself declared when it registered. The register records the declaration; it does not inspect the site or show that anything is made there. effective since 2026-08-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Listed in the national industrial register as an industrial site (record type: industrial-site-registered) [official record; status green] The country's industrial register lists this company as holding a working industrial establishment, with its own registry number and activity code. A trading office does not get one. Open the source for the entry. effective since 2024-12-31. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
- Registered as a manufacturer (record type: registered-manufacturer) [official record; status green] Its own declared activity in the register covers making these goods. effective since 2026-08-21. Jordan Food and Drug Administration (JFDA), approved manufacturing sites (open data portal of Jordan)
- GMP certificate from a medicines agency (record type: gmp-certified) [official record; status green] A medicines regulator inspected the site and confirmed it may manufacture medicines. effective since 2024-07-23. EudraGMDP, EU register of GMP certificates (EMA)
- Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 4 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-07-24. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- EU customs identifier (EORI) active (record type: export-registered-eori) [official record; status green] An EORI number identifies the company to EU customs for imports, exports and transit. A valid number does not show that any shipment took place and is not a licence to export a particular product. checked 2026-07-24. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
- financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €455.2M, profit €24.8M. Lets you size the supplier against your own volume: the figure comes from accounts filed with the state, not from a claim on a website. effective since 2025-12-31. INPI/BCE published accounts (data.economie.gouv.fr)
- No match found on the sanctions lists we checked (record type: sanctions-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public sanctions datasets and found no matching candidate. A name search is not full compliance screening. checked 2026-07-24. OpenSanctions
- Mentioned in independent media (record type: media-mention) [our own observation, not an official record; status green] The press has written about it. A fact, not an endorsement. effective since 2019-02-28. lejournaldesentreprises.com
- No match found in the debarment registers we checked (record type: debarment-clear) [our own observation, not an official record; name search, no matching candidate] We searched the public debarment datasets and found no matching candidate. Absence from these lists is a search result, not a certificate. checked 2026-07-24. OpenSanctions
- Registry ID checks out with the state register (record type: registry-id-verified) [official record; status green] Helps confirm the company on this page is the same legal entity as in the register. effective since 2026-07-22. Annuaire des Entreprises (INSEE / INPI)
- Street address on file in the state register (record type: registered-address) [official record; status green] The address the company itself gave the register, so post and inspectors reach it there. checked 2026-08-10. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- Medicines manufacturing or import authorisation (MIA) (record type: medicines-mia-holder) [official record; status green] A medicines regulator authorises this company to manufacture and/or import medicinal products at the named site. The register lists the authorisation itself, not which products it covers, and it is not a record of trading. checked 2026-08-15. EudraGMDP manufacturing and importation authorisation register (EMA)
- Workforce size in the company register (record type: workforce-on-record) [official record; status green] Between 250 and 499 employees on the state record. One indication of the company's size as the register records it; it does not establish production capacity. effective since 2026-07-01. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025 Matched to this company by name only; no second anchor confirms it is the same legal entity.. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
- A change to the company's registration was published on the official record (record type: registry-change-published) [official record; status green] Indicates the register still receives filings from this company, so the record is maintained rather than abandoned. checked 2026-10-13. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
- EU VAT number valid for cross-border trade (record type: vat-valid) [official record; status green] The number is registered and active: we asked the EU VIES service and it answered yes. An invalid VAT number is the first sign an invoice comes from the wrong company. checked 2026-07-31. VIES (European Commission)
- Places goods on the market (national producer register) (record type: places-goods-on-market; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] A state register lists this company as placing these goods on the market, as their maker or importer. By itself it does not show who makes them. checked 2026-10-15. Registre national des producteurs (ADEME/SYDEREP), France
- Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 2 on the register, 2 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- registry-activity (record type: registry-activity) [official record; status green] Activity code in the state register: NAF 21.20Z. Shows what the state itself says the company does, which you can compare with what it promises you. checked 2026-10-15. France INSEE Sirene state register (data.gouv.fr bulk file)
- Installation on the French ICPE register (Géorisques), regime and status as published (record type: icpe-installation-on-record) [official record; status green] The French register of classified installations lists a site tied to this company's SIRET, with the regime and status exactly as published. This shows the state knows the site; it is not an operating permit, not an inspection and not proof that anything is produced there today. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
- A state inspector visited the site, on the official record (record type: facility-inspected) [official record; status green] Inspected 2025-03-24. An inspector came to the site on that date, so the site existed then and was not only licensed on paper. The visit itself does not show what was being made there. checked 2026-10-23. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
Government supervision
Supervision records found: 0 site(s) under a permit, 1 other site(s) on the register, 5 dated inspection(s). A permit or a register entry is not an inspection; each record is listed above with its source.
Registered business units
2 active and 0 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 2 active units carry a manufacturing activity code (section C of the activity classification). The activity code is what the register records for each site, not a finding that goods are made there.
- PARC D'ACTIVITE DE SIGNES CHEMIN DEPARTEMENTAL 402 83870 SIGNES: SIRET 34783527400015, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 21.20Z (Fabrication de préparations pharmaceutiques), opened 1988-08-18, staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
- RUE JEAN QUEILLAU 13014 MARSEILLE: SIRET 34783527400023, active, manufacturing activity code 21.20Z (Fabrication de préparations pharmaceutiques), opened 2002-07-01, staff 1-2 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
Relationships
6 relationship(s) on file. Each line names the other party, the relationship as its source records it, and the source. A record of a relationship is not a finding about control beyond what it literally says.
Recorded in a source
- 4 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
- CHE DEPARTEMENTAL 402 83870 SIGNES: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)
- IPSEN PHARMA BIOTECH: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
- Marseille Cedex 14: Manufactures at the site. EudraGMDP, EU register of GMP certificates (EMA)
Import rules for these goods
- Medicines imported into the EU must come from a site holding an EU GMP certificate, and the importer needs a manufacturing/import authorisation. European Medicines Agency (GMP)