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Shire

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Also known as: Baxalta Innovations GmbH, now part of Shire | Baxalta now part of Shire | Baxalta US Inc., now part of Shire | Shire | SHIRE | Shire (Baxalta) | SHIRE DEV LLC | SHIRE HUMAN GENETIC | Shire Human Genetic Therapies, Inc. | Shire Inc, | Shire Inc. | Shire International GmbH | SHIRE LLC | SHIRE ORPHAN THERAP | Shire Orphan Therapies, LLC | SHIRE RICHWOOD

Highest phase reached

Phase 4

First clinical trial

May 1, 1995

First marketed drug

Jan 1, 1986

First NDA

Jun 19, 1990

Last known activity

Jan 31, 2022

Acquired by Takeda on Dec 3, 2018

Timeline

1980s

  1. Jan 1, 1986

    Shire— Founded

1990s

  1. Mar 26, 1997

    Pharmavene— Acquired

  2. Aug 5, 1997

    Richwood Pharmaceutical Company— Acquired

  3. Jul 27, 1999

    Roberts Pharmaceutical— Acquired

2000s

  1. Feb 21, 2007

    New River Pharmaceuticals— Acquired

  2. Jul 3, 2008

    Jerini— Acquired

2010s

  1. Aug 3, 2010

    Movetis— Acquired

  2. Jul 11, 2011

    Advanced BioHealing— Acquired

  3. Apr 13, 2012

    Pervasis Therapeutics, Inc— Acquired

  4. May 15, 2012

    FerroKin BioSciences— Acquired

  5. Jan 8, 2013

    Lotus Tissue Repair, Inc— Acquired

  6. Mar 12, 2013

    Premacure AB— Acquired

  7. Mar 25, 2013

    SARcode Bioscience— Acquired

  8. Jan 1, 2014

    ViroPharma— Acquired

  9. May 1, 2014

    Fibrotech— Acquired

  10. May 12, 2014

    Lumena Pharmaceuticals— Acquired

  11. Jan 11, 2015

    NPS— Acquired

  12. Jan 11, 2015

    NPS Pharma— Acquired

  13. Feb 24, 2015

    Meritage Pharma— Acquired

  14. Aug 3, 2015

    Foresight Biotherapeutics— Acquired

  15. Jan 22, 2016

    Dyax— Acquired

  16. Jun 3, 2016

    Baxalta— Acquired

  17. Jul 1, 2016

    tobramycin— Marketing Organization

  18. Sep 7, 2018

    Sanaplasma AG— Acquired

  19. Dec 3, 2018

    Takeda— Acquired By

  20. Dec 14, 2018

    prucalopride succinate— NDA Organization

  21. Dec 14, 2018

    prucalopride succinate— NDA Secondary Org

Drugs by trial phase (258 distinct, 756 trials)

Indications

Studied for

Marketed drugs (37)

Subsidiaries (22 direct, 44 total across the full acquisition tree)

Recent trials (50)

Details

Founded
Hampshire, GB Jan 1, 1986
First NDA
Jun 19, 1990
Last known activity
Jan 31, 2022

Designations held

  • Orphan drug
  • Priority review
  • Accelerated approval

Notes

https://pharmaphorum.com/views-and-analysis/a-history-of-shire/