Company Overview

Shire Pharmaceuticals Group plc (Shire) is a global pharmaceutical company with a strategic focus on meeting the needs of the specialist physician and currently focuses on developing projects and marketing products in the areas of central nervous system (CNS), gastrointestinal (GI), and renal diseases. Shire has operations in the worlds key pharmaceutical markets (US, Canada, UK, France, Italy, Spain and Germany) as well as a specialist drug delivery unit in the US.

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Legal Name: Shire BioChem inc.

Number of Employees: 75

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Products

• 3tc, Epivir, Combivir, Trizivir
• Agrylin

  Agrylin has been introduced in Canada in 1998 for the treatment of essential thrombocythaemia, a chronic disorder associated with increased or abnormal production of blood platelets.

• Alertec

  Wake promoting agent in narcolepsy

• Hectorol

  Vitamin D analog for the treatment of secondary hyperparathyroidism in patients undergoing dialysis.

• Heptovir

  Lamivudine has also been shown to be effective in treating patients with chronic Hepatatis B infection and is available as HEPTOVIR for this indication. In an agreement similar to that for lamivudine in HIV/AIDS, Shire receives royalties on sales, except in Canada where we have a business partnership with GSK.

• Permax

  PERMAX (pergolide mesylate), a synthetic ergot derivative, is a dopamine receptor agonist at both D1 and D2 receptor sites. PERMAX (pergolide mesylate) is indicated in the treatment of the signs and symptoms of idiopathic Parkinsons disease. PERMAX (pergolide mesylate) may be used both as early therapy, without concomitant levodopa, and as an adjunct to levodopa (usually with a peripheral decarboxylase inhibitor).

• Zanaflex

  ZANAFLEX (tizanidine hydrochloride) is an agonist at 2-adrenergic receptor sites and presumably reduces spasticity by increasing presynaptic inhibition of motor neurons. ZANAFLEX (tizanidine hydrochloride) is a short-acting drug for the management of spasticity.

NAICS Categories

• 325410 Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing

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