Shire (pharmaceutical company)
Pharmaceuticals | ||
Predecessor | Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc | |
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Founded | 1986 | |
Defunct | 2019 | |
Fate | Acquired by Takeda | |
Headquarters | Massachusetts,
Parent Takeda Pharmaceutical Company (2019) | |
Website | www.shire.com |
Shire plc was a
Shire was a global
The original corporate headquarters was located in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Main offices are located in Dublin, Ireland, the United States in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Chicago, Illinois, and in Zug, Switzerland. In addition, Shire owns manufacturing sites in Lexington, Massachusetts, and Social Circle, Georgia. Shire's headquarters in Lexington, Massachusetts, will be integrated with Takeda's new U.S. headquarters, which is being relocated from Deerfield, Illinois, to the Boston area.
History
Early history
Shire was founded in 1986 in the UK by five entrepreneurs:
2000 to 2009
In 2001 the company acquired Biochem Canada.
In 2008, in reaction to new taxation measures announced by the UK government in the treatment of royalties on patents, the company moved its tax domicile to Dublin, Ireland.[13]
2010 onwards
2010 saw a change in company strategy, with the company seeking to expand through mergers and acquisitions - culminating in the company becoming one of the most acquisitive in the industry. In 2010 the company acquired Movetis, a Belgian company focusing on gastrointestinal products for $565 million,[14] a year later it acquired regenerative medicine manufacturer Advanced BioHealing.[15] In 2012 the company acquired FerroKin BioSciences for $325 million along with FerroKins lead iron chelator - FBS0701.[16] 2013 saw the company complete its highest number of acquisitions with Lotus Tissue Repair, Inc. (lead compound, ABH001),[17] SARcode Bioscience Inc.,[18] with the last being ViroPharma. Shire changed the name of ViroPharma to Shire Viropharma Inc. upon acquisition and on their final day of trading the company was valued at $3.3 billion.[19] At $4.2 billion, ViroPharma set a new company record.[20] In 2014 Shire acquired two rare disease drug companies: Fibrotech[21] with its antifibrotic compounds for $75 million, and Lumena, a company researching rare gastro-intestinal and hepatic compounds, for $260 million.[22]
In 2015, NPS Pharmaceuticals was acquired for $5.2 billion, bringing along its rare disease drugs
In April 2018, Shire agreed to sell its oncology business to French pharmaceutical company Servier for £1.7billion.[29]
Aborted AbbVie takeover
On 20 June 2014, Shire rejected a takeover attempt by AbbVie. AbbVie offered £46.11 per share (£27.3 billion or $46.5 billion in total).[30] On 8 July, the offer was increased to $51.5 billion.[31] On 18 July, it was announced that AbbVie would acquire Shire for $54.8 billion.[32] On 15 October, news broke suggesting AbbVie was reconsidering their proposed takeover deal due to changes in US "Tax Inversion" law[33] and on 16 October AbbVie's board recommended that shareholders vote against the deal.[34] This news sent Shire's share price down over 27%; however, AbbVie would be subject to a $1.6 billion break-up fee, payable to Shire.[35] On 21 October, the merger was called off.[36]
Takeda takeover
In April 2018, reported that
Acquisition history
- Shire Plc(Founded 1986, Acq 2019)
- Pharmavene (Acq 1997)
- Richwood Pharmaceutical Company (Acq 1997)
- Biochem Canada (Acq 2001)
- Transkaryotic Therapeutics (Acq 2005)
- New River Pharmaceuticals Inc (Acq 2007)
- Jerini (Acq 2008)
- Movetis (Acq 2012)
- Advanced BioHealing (Acq 2011)
- FerroKin BioSciences (Acq 2012)
- Lotus Tissue Repair, Inc (Acq 2013)
- Premacure AB (Acq 2013)
- SARcode Bioscience Inc (Acq 2013)
- ViroPharma (Founded 1994, Acq 2013)
- Lev Pharmaceuticals (Acq 2008)
- Fibrotech (Acq 2014)
- Lumena (Acq 2014)
- NPS Pharmaceuticals (Acq 2015)
- Meritage Pharma (Acq 2015)
- Foresight Biotherapeutics (Acq 2015)
- Dyax (Acq 2015)
- Baxalta (Acq 2016)
Products
The Annual Revenue figures in the following table were drawn from the company's 2015 preliminary results.[49]
Name | Annual revenue | Indication |
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Vyvanse
|
$1,722M | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
Lialda /Mezavant
|
$684M | Gastrointestinal (ulcerative colitis )
|
Cinryze
|
$618M | Swelling attacks in children |
Natpara
|
$166M | Short Bowel Syndrome (SBS) & hypocalcemia in patients with hypoparathyroidism |
Firazyr
|
$445M | Hereditary angioedema |
Replagal | $441M | Fabry Disease (α-galactosidase A deficiency) |
Adderall XR | $362M | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
Vpriv | $342M | Type 1 Gaucher disease
|
Licences & Royalties
In July 2014, Shire licensed the rights to the investigational Hunter syndrome compound, AGT-182, from ArmaGen for up to $225 million.[50]
The Annual Revenue figures in the following Table were drawn from the company's 2015 preliminary results.[49]
Name | Annual revenue | Indication | Licensee |
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Adderall XR
|
$70.3M | Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) | Impax and Teva |
3TC (Lamivudine) and Zeffix (Lamivudine) | $91.6M | Chronic hepatitis B
|
GlaxoSmithKline
|
Fosrenol
|
$53.3M | Renal disease
|
Bayer Yakuhin |
Other | $26.4M |
Corporate leadership
Flemming Ørnskov, was the company's chief executive officer through 8 January 2019 with Takeda's acquisition of Shire.[51] Ginger Gregory as chief human resources officer, Jeffrey Poulton as CFO, and Philip Vickers as head of R&D.[52] James Bowling vacated his position as interim CFO in the aftermath of the collapse of the AbbVie inversion deal.[53] The chair of Shire's board of directors was Susan Kilsby.[54]
Legal issues
False Claims Act violations
In September 2014, Shire reached a $56.5 million settlement with the
Illegal promotion of Dermagraft
In August 2017, Shire reached a $350 million settlement with the Department of Justice for violations of the same act, regarding the unlawful promotion of Shire's product Dermagraft.[58][59]
See also
- Pharmaceutical industry in the United Kingdom
- Takeda Pharmaceuticals
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External links
- Official website
- Historical business data for Shire plc:
- SEC filings