The āFondazione Menariniā was founded in the spring of 1976 to promote research and knowledge in the field of biology, pharmacology and medicine, but also in the fields of economy and human sciences. All within a broad perspective that focuses on the problems and puts them in order in a professional and practical sense.
The logo of the Fondazione Menarini adopted at the time of the incorporation of the Foundation, derives from a famous treatise of the seventeenth century, the Novissima Iconologia del Ripa (Ripasā New Iconology), filled with significant meanings from Parmenides to Platoās Myth of the Soul. The image, which depicts a man leading a horse and firmly gripping the bridle, was chosen as it effectively represents the goals and arguments that the Foundation upholds due to its balanced interests in human and biological sciences. This logo can also be interpreted as the evidence of reason (Mercury) that controls emotions and emotionality and keeps them.