LABORATOIRES GALDERMA

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. 22 official records from 15 official sources are on file. 2 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

• 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 2026-08-02. OpenSanctions
• 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 2026-08-02. OpenSanctions
• The inspection report describes the site: La société LABORATOIRES GALDERMA est spécialisée dans la recherche, le développement et la commercialisation de solutions en dermatologie, principalement à des fins pharmaceutiques mais (record type: facility-activity-described) [official record; status green] The inspection report describes the site: La société LABORATOIRES GALDERMA est spécialisée dans la recherche, le développement et la commercialisation de solutions en dermatologie, principalement à des fins pharmaceutiques mais. A state inspector wrote this after standing on the site, so it describes what the plant actually does, not what its own website claims. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• inspection-follow-up (record type: inspection-follow-up) [official record; status green] Inspection 2024-04-04: 8 control points, 0 with follow-up: -. The inspector checked each regulatory point and wrote down which ones need a follow-up. A request for documents is an open question, not a proven breach; the report does not say how it was resolved later. checked 2026-10-20. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• On the company register (record type: registered-since) [official record; status green] On the company register since 2001. 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)
• 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)
• 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. effective since 2026-08-15. EudraGMDP manufacturing and importation authorisation register (EMA)
• Market access approved: European Union (record type: market-access-eu) [official record; status green] Shows the establishment is approved for the listed activities under the EU food-hygiene rules and appears in the EU list of approved establishments. It is not an import check and not an observation of current production. checked 2026-08-22. TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
• 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. checked 2026-10-17. Superintendencia de Regulacion Sanitaria de El Salvador, listado de productos farmaceuticos con registro sanitario vigente
• 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 2023-10-27. EudraGMDP, EU register of GMP certificates (EMA)
• Files its annual accounts, latest on public record (record type: bodacc-accounts-filed) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2026. Indicates the company still meets its reporting duties. checked 2026-08-02. BODACC (annuaire-entreprises)
• Named directors on file (record type: directors-on-file) [official record; status green] 5 directors on file. The register names the people who run the company, so there is someone answerable if something goes wrong. checked 2026-08-02. 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 2026-08-02. EU EORI validation (European Commission)
• financials-published (record type: financials-published) [official record; status green] Annual accounts filed for 2025: revenue €121.0M, profit €3.8M. 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)
• 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)
• 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)
• 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 2026-08-05. VIES (European Commission)
• Registered business units on file (record type: registered-units) [official record; status green] 2 active business units of 4 on the register, 1 with a manufacturing activity code. The register lists how many sites the company runs. effective since 2026-10-01. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 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)
• 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)
• Operating permit for the production site (record type: operating-permit; this record does not by itself establish manufacturing) [official record; status green] Shows an authority issued a permit for an installation at this site for the activity named in the record. A permit is not an inspection report and not an observation that production is running today. checked 2026-09-28. 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 2025-03-27. 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: 1 site(s) under a permit, 0 other site(s) on the register, 3 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 2 closed units in INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement); 1 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.

• ZI-MONTDESIR 74540 ALBY-SUR-CHERAN: SIRET 44013977200048, active, head office, manufacturing activity code 21.20Z (Fabrication de préparations pharmaceutiques), opened 2003-04-01, staff 250-499 (2024). INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• DEFENSE 4 20 AVENUE ANDRE PROTHIN 92400 COURBEVOIE: SIRET 44013977200022, active, trade activity code 46.45Z (Commerce de gros (commerce interentreprises) de parfumerie et de produits de beauté), opened 2001-12-19. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• TOUVIERE ZONE INDUSTRIELLE-TOUVIERE 74540 ALBY-SUR-CHERAN: SIRET 44013977200030, closed 2017-02-24, manufacturing activity code 21.20Z (Fabrication de préparations pharmaceutiques), opened 2003-03-31. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)
• 62 RUE D'ALSACE 92110 CLICHY: SIRET 44013977200014, closed 2001-12-25, activity code 74.1J, opened 2001-12-05. INSEE Sirene (StockEtablissement)

Relationships

10 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

• 5 more officer(s), not named in the record: Officer in the register. INSEE Sirene (annuaire-entreprises)
• ZI DE MONTDESIR, 74540, Alby-sur-Chéran: Holds the site's permit, registry number 44013977200048. TRACES NT, European Commission register of approved establishments (DG SANTE)
• Alby Sur Cheran: Manufactures at the site. EudraGMDP, EU register of GMP certificates (EMA)
• LABORATOIRES GALDERMA: Site named in the record. IREP, French register of pollutant releases and waste (declared by the operator)
• ZI TOUVIERE, 74540 Alby-sur-Chéran: Holds the site's permit. Georisques, French register of classified installations (ICPE)
• ZI-MONTDESIR 74540 ALBY-SUR-CHERAN: Site named in the record. INSEE SIRENE (Registre national des entreprises)

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)

Check independently

• Sanctions and watchlists (OpenSanctions)
• VAT number check (EU VIES)