ViroPharma information

ViroPharma Incorporated
Company type	Public NASDAQ Biotechnology Index
Traded as	Nasdaq: VPHM
Industry	Healthcare, Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical company
Founded	Exton, Pennsylvania, U.S. (1994)
Founder	Claude H. Nash; Mark A. McKinlay; Marc S. Collett; Johanna A. Griffin; Guy D. Diana
Defunct	2014
Headquarters	Exton, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Key people	Vincent Milano; (Chairman and CEO)
Products	Vancocin
Revenue	132,417,000 USD (2005)
Operating income	88,145,000 USD (2005)
Net income	113,705,000 USD (2005)
Number of employees	232
Website	www.viropharma.com

ViroPharma Incorporated was a pharmaceutical company that developed and sold drugs that addressed serious diseases treated by physician specialists and in hospital settings. The company focused on product development activities on viruses and human disease, including those caused by cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. It was purchased by Shire in 2013, with Shire paying around $4.2 billion for the company in a deal that was finalized in January 2014.^[2] ViroPharma was a member of the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index and the S&P 600.

The company had strategic relationships with GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough, and Sanofi-Aventis. ViroPharma acquired Lev Pharmaceuticals in a merger in 2008.^[3]^[4]

^ "Symbol Lookup from Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com.
^ "Shire acquires ViroPharma for $4.2bn". Financier Worldwide. Retrieved 23 April 2020.
^ Staff (15 July 2008). "ViroPharma to Purchase Lev for $442.9M". Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. GEN News Highlights. Mary Ann Liebert. ISSN 1937-8661. Retrieved 26 September 2008.
^ "Lev Pharmaceuticals Investor Relations". Lev Pharmaceuticals. Retrieved 8 April 2009.

[1] "Symbol Lookup from Yahoo Finance". finance.yahoo.com.

[2] "Shire acquires ViroPharma for $4.2bn". Financier Worldwide. Retrieved 23 April 2020.

[Staff_GEN2008-3] Staff (15 July 2008). "ViroPharma to Purchase Lev for $442.9M". Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News. GEN News Highlights. Mary Ann Liebert. ISSN 1937-8661. Retrieved 26 September 2008.

[4] "Lev Pharmaceuticals Investor Relations". Lev Pharmaceuticals. Retrieved 8 April 2009.

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