History
Shire was founded by Harry Stratford, Dr James Murray, Dennis Stephens, Peter Moriarty, and Geoff Hall in 1986. It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. Shire's initial products were calcium supplements for patients seeking to treat or prevent osteoporosis. Shire's acquisitions include:
- Pharmavene in 1997
- Richwood Pharmaceutical Company in 1997, which formed Shire-Richwood, Inc.
- Biochem Canada in 2001
- Transkaryotic Therapeutics (now Shire Human Genetic Therapies) in 2005
- New River Pharmaceuticals Inc, owners of Vyvanse, for $2.3bn in 2007
- Jerini, a German company focusing on hereditary angioedema (HAE), in 2008
- Movetis, a Belgian company focusing on gastrointestinal products, in 2010
- Advanced BioHealing, a regenerative medicine company, in 2011
- FerroKin BioSciences, a privately held biotechnology firm, in 2012
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