Orion Corporation (Finnish company)
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Orion Corporation (
Orion's
History
Orion was founded on September 21, 1917 by pharmacists Onni Turpeinen, Eemil Tuurala and Wikki Valkama. Before founding Orion, they worked in a pharmaceutical-chemical factory called Medica. The first premises of the new company were found in a courtyard building in Helsinki's Kruununhaka, Mariankatu 24, i.e. Asunto Oy Mars star. Among the first products of the apothecary were Ballistol gun oil and dulcine.[5] Pediatrician Arvo Ylppö played a significant role starting in the 1920s.[6]
Orion's diagnostics business was previously concentrated in the Orion Diagnostica profit unit, which was sold to a private equity investor in April 2018.[7] The diagnostics business included the development, manufacture and marketing of diagnostic tests and hygiene tests. Orion Diagnostica changed its name in November 2019 and is now Aidian.[8]
Notable products
The following are Orion's top-selling product lines as of March 2021.[9]
Trade name | Generic name | Indication |
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Stalevo,Comtess/ Comtan | Entacapone | Parkinson's disease |
Easyhaler | multi-dose dry-powder inhaler for asthma. | asthma, COPD |
Simdax | Levosimendan | acute heart failure |
dexdor | dexmedetomidine | intensive care sedative |
Dexdomitor | dexmedetomidine | animal sedative |
Domitor | medetomidine | animal sedative |
Domosedan | detomidine | animal sedative |
Antisedan | atipamezole | reversing agent |
Nubeqa | Darolutamide | non-metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer |
Solomet | Methylprednisolone | inflammation |
Divina series | Estradiol valerate and Medroxyprogesterone acetate | hormone replacement against menopausal symptoms |
Fareston | Toremifene | Selective estrogen receptor modulator |
Burana | ibuprofen | inflammatory pain |
Marevan | warfarin | anticoagulant |
References
- ^ https://www.orion.fi/globalassets/documents/orion-group/investors/interim-reports/2021/en_orion_fy_2021.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Orion Oyj". Business Information System. Finnish Patent and Registration Office and Finnish Tax Administration. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "Yhtiöjärjestys" [Corporate by-laws] (in Finnish). Espoo: Orion Oyj. 22 March 2017. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ "About Orion".
- ^ "Orionin virstanpylväitä 1910-luvulla". www.orion.fi. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ "Orionin vahva mies | Arvo Ylppö". www.ylppo.fi. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ISSN 0033-2704.
- ^ "Orion Diagnostica on nyt Aidian". Aidian (in Finnish). Retrieved 25 July 2022.
- ^ https://www.orion.fi/globalassets/documents/orion-group/investors/interim-reports/2021/en_orion_q1_2021_slides.pdf [bare URL PDF]