We’re at Your Side—Saving Lives Together
This is more than just a claim. It is the foundation of everything we do—and has been for three generations. As a family-owned business based in Hesse, we stand for continuity, responsibility, and quality.
Who We Are
Dr. Franz Köhler Chemie GmbH is a family-owned pharmaceutical company with two locations. More than 270 employees develop, manufacture, and supply high-quality pharmaceuticals, medical devices, and diagnostic products that are used in critical situations—where reliability is paramount. Our goal is to be a reliable partner for those who bear responsibility for their patients’ lives every day.
Our work is based on the following:
- Scientific and medical evidence
- Highest quality standards
- Decades of experience
- Collaborative partnerships with hospitals, pharmacies, and healthcare professionals
Responsibility for Care
As a reliable specialist in select, life-saving therapeutic areas, we constantly strive to
sustain our presence and grow over the long term.
Our goal is to
- close medically relevant gaps in care,
- ensure the long-term availability of proven therapies, and
- work with our partners to continuously improve patient care.
In doing so, we remain true to our roots as an independent family-owned company.
Social responsibility and local engagement remain integral parts of our company.
Our portfolio includes:
- Organ-protective solutions
- Cardioplegic solutions
- Critical care therapeutics
- X-ray contrast media
- Antidotes
- Dyes
- Diagnostics
What Sets Us Apart
Accredited online continuing education courses—free and available anytime.
Our Köhler Campus platform offers regular live and on-demand continuing education courses on the topics of intensive care, emergency medicine, transplant medicine, perfusion, and cardiac surgery. Most of the online seminars are CME-certified and based on a product-neutral approach.
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