Cesra as a company of the Redel Foundation

Based on his knowledge of the multifarious properties of plants, as well as insights derived from the traditional use of medicinal plants for the relief of complaints, Cesra’s founder Julius Redel developed formulations for numerous plant-based pharmaceutical agents.

After the death of Julius Redel, his son, Dr. Hans-Werner Redel, founded the Redel Foundation and endowed it with his inheritance. After the death of Helene Redel, the widow of Julius Redel, in 1994 the other parts of the company were likewise incorporated in the Redel Foundation. In keeping with the articles of association, all profits made by the Foundation are used for charitable purposes, i.e. for the support of people in need of help as a result of catastrophes, natural disasters or wars.

‘Helping naturally’ was the motto of Julius Redel and is still today – in a time-honoured tradition – the leitmotif and motivation of Cesra Arzneimittel, in both a medical and a social sense. The company belongs to the Foundation, and its profits are fully dedicated to this good cause – a unique phenomenon in Germany, which also finds expression in Cesra’s slogan ‘Medicine and Humanity’.