Corporate Information on the Manufacturers of GBCA’s
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are produced by 4 different pharmaceutical companies in the United States.
GE Healthcare – Product Omniscan
Headquarters: Chalfont St. Giles, United Kingdom
Employees: More than 46,000 people worldwide
Locations: In more than 100 countries
Net worth: $17 billion dollars
Bayer Healthcare - Magnevist
Headquarters: Leverkusen, Germany
Employees: More than 50,000 people worldwide
Sales: 11,724 million Euros in 2006 = (~$16 billion U.S. dollars)
Magnevist was Bayer Healthcare's 9th best-selling product in 2006 with sales totaling 323 million Euros (over $440 million U.S. dollars).
Mallinckrodt, Inc./Tyco Healthcare – OptiMARK
Headquarters: Hazelwood, Missouri (Mallinckrodt) and Mansfield, Massachusetts (Covidien)
History: Founded by brothers Edward, Otto, and Gustav Mallinckrodt in 1867. Bought by Tyco International and became a business unit of Tyco Healthcare in 2000. On June 29, 2007, Tyco Healthcare split into 3 separate publicly-traded companies, with Mallinckrodt operating within Covidien, a stand-alone healthcare company. Covidien began trading as a public company on July 2, 2007.
Bracco - MultiHance and ProHance
Headquarters: Princeton, New Jersey (Bracco Diagnostics, Inc.)
Italy (Bracco)
History: Founded in 1927 by Milan Elio Bracco in Italy. Began international expansion in 1987. Entered the U.S. market in 1994 with the creation of Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. and Bracco Research USA.
Locations: Present in over 115 countries
Employees: ~ 2,100 employees worldwide
Net Sales: 769 million Euros in 2005 (more than $1 billion U.S. dollars)
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