Barr Pharmaceuticals
| Barr Pharmaceuticals | |
|---|---|
| legal form | Corporation |
| founding | 1970 |
| resolution | December 23, 2008 |
| Reason for dissolution | Acquisition by Teva |
| Seat | Pomona , United States |
| Number of employees | 8900 (2007) |
| sales | $ 2.5 billion (2007) |
| Branch | pharmacy |
| Website | www.barrlabs.com |
Barr Pharmaceuticals was a US pharmaceutical company headquartered in Pomona , New York . The company was one of the ten largest generics manufacturers worldwide and was listed in the S&P 500 stock index.
The company was founded in 1970 by Edwin A. Cohen and a partner in New York State. In 1972 the company launched its first generic drug . Initially, the company mainly produced antibiotics . In 1997 the company began to invest in the development of its own products, and in September 1998 Barr received approval for the first self-developed product, a contraceptive . In October 2006, the Croatian company Pliva was acquired by Barr Pharmaceuticals.
On July 18, 2008 it was announced that Barr Pharmaceuticals would be acquired by Teva Pharmaceutical Industries , the Israeli world leader in generics, which took place on December 23, 2008.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Annual Report for 2007 (PDF; 2.6 MB)
- ^ Barr Pharmaceuticals, Inc. History. In: fundinguniverse.com. Retrieved July 6, 2020 .
- ↑ Press release on the takeover of Barr by Teva ( Memento from July 26, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Teva Completes Acquisition of Barr ( Memento from April 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive )