Key Takeaways:

• Margo Marrone has reacquired the British health and beauty brand. 
• The Organic Pharmacy opened its first store on London’s King’s Road in 2002.
• Marrone sees an opportunity to refocus the brand’s founding principles.

Margo Marrone has bought back the business years after selling it to Istituto Ganassini.

WHO: Margo Marrone and her husband, Franco, founded The Organic Pharmacy in 2002. The British business is a luxury organic health and beauty brand that brings pharmaceutical expertise and natural medicine together with skincare and wellness. Its approach combines expertly formulated skincare, herbal medicine, homeopathy, nutritional supplements, and personalized advice. It sells its products at Marks & Spencer, Selfridges, and in pharmacies across the UK.

The Ganassini Institute of Biochemical Research was founded in 1935 and sells dermocosmetics. It has offices in Milan, Barcelona, Marseilles, and New York, with a presence in 60 countries worldwide.

WHY: The reacquisition marks a significant new chapter for the brand, reconnecting it with its founding philosophy at a time when holistic health, preventative wellness, and longevity are increasingly central to the global wellness conversation.

IN THEIR OWN WORDS: “It is incredibly emotional to return to The Organic Pharmacy and I feel so grateful to be back. I’m really looking forward to getting creative again and exploring what comes next for the brand,” said Marrone in a statement.

More than two decades after establishing the business, Marrone has a “renewed commitment to advancing its principles based on expert pharmaceutical knowledge, organic ingredients, and holistic wellbeing.”

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