The company was founded in 1986 as a sole proprietorship by Atou Khalide Lô. In 1998, his son Insa Lô became a partner in the company after eight years of collaboration, and took the role of managing director in 2004.
In 1989, MEDICHEM began working closely with forensic institutes and medical laboratories to develop reference materials for quality control of toxicological and forensic analyses.
The number of analytical methods and tested substances is constantly increasing. However, quality control materials with verified target values and reliable sample homogeneity are usually not available