How It All Began
Exactly 25 years ago, in September 2001, I founded Biotikon. I would like to thank you for your trust and loyalty, because without you, Biotikon's success would not have been possible.
I would like to take this opportunity to look back at the beginnings of Biotikon. Biotikon was born out of the need to provide my patients, family and friends with food supplements free from excipients and additives. Even back then, food supplements were an important pillar of my treatments. I could not find a single company anywhere in the world that met my requirements.
That is why I founded Biotikon: to use a specific production technology to create pure food supplements without excipients or flow agents, long before "Clean Label" became a concept. But the story actually began much earlier. When I was 13 years old, my dog Inka became ill. All conventional treatment options had been exhausted, and things were not looking good for her. At the time, my mother brought home a book entitled "Homeopathy for Dogs". I studied the book with growing fascination and actually managed to heal Inka. She lived for many more years and reached a very old age. The path where Dr Michalzik used to go running in the forest.
Here you can see the path I passed every day with Inka while out running in the forest. The photo is an original from that time, taken with an analogue camera.
My fascination with natural medicine never left me. I read many books on herbal medicine and immersed myself in learning about indigenous peoples around the world. After finishing school and before beginning my medical studies, I fulfilled my dream of living alongside indigenous communities, and I was surprised to discover how much of their ancient knowledge is still alive today. This experience also inspired me to study medicine. I was convinced that the wisdom of nature stands above all else. That is why I wanted to understand and master conventional medicine, so that I could assess the significance of the knowledge of ancient peoples for our modern society.
Today, as a doctor and founder of Biotikon, I can say with certainty that indigenous peoples possessed a wisdom that is just as relevant to us today as it was in ancient times.
It cannot be a coincidence that nature's treasures, in the form of plant compounds, interact positively with human metabolic pathways. This is also where modern science and traditional knowledge come together – and we are only at the beginning!
I look to the future with great joy, guided by the wisdom of nature, and look forward to continuing to offer you meaningful and pure formulations.
Warmest regards,
Dr. med. Alexander Michalzik
Founder of Biotikon
P.S. In the next chapter of our anniversary story, I would like to tell you why, 25 years ago, we decided against many additives that were considered perfectly normal at the time – long before "Clean Label" and formulations that are as pure as possible became major topics.