Shire US

Shire US, based in Exton, PA, is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to creating better health for people and a brighter future for the world through advancing science and technology. Their focus areas include gastrointestinal and inflammation, rare diseases, plasma-derived therapies, oncology, neuroscience, and vaccines. With a commitment to sustainable growth and patient-centered innovation, Shire US collaborates with globally diverse colleagues to develop highly innovative, life-transforming medicines. They strive to address unmet global health needs and drive medical innovation for patients with a variety of diseases. Generated from the website

A specialty pharmaceutical company, Shire Human Genetic Therapies has a worldwide sales and marketing infrastructure with a portfolio of products and its own direct marketing capability in the United States, Canada, England, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy and Spain. Its product line includes Agrylin, Calcichew, Carbatrol, Dynepo, Equetro, Fosrenol, Soloraze and Vaniqa. The company also covers other pharmaceutical markets indirectly through regional distributors. Its interest in the Pacific Rim is managed through Shire's regional office based in Singapore. Shire Human Genetic Therapies has a location in Cambridge, Mass.

Pfizer, founded in 1849, is one of the largest research-based pharmaceuticals companies in the United States. The company s areas of expertise include human and animal health, and consumer health care products. Its human health segment offers medicines for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, central nervous system disorders, arthritis and pain, infectious and respiratory diseases, urogenital conditions, cancer, eye diseases and allergies. The consumer health care segment produces and markets various medications for oral care, upper respiratory and gastrointestinal health, tobacco dependence, skin and eye care, and hair growth. The company s animal health division develops products for the prevention and treatment of diseases in livestock and companion animals. The products offered by the division include parasiticides, anti-inflammatories, vaccines, and antibiotics. The company s well-known brands include Sudafed, Listerine, Benadryl, Lipitor, Diflucan, Zithromax, Viagra and Celebrex. It also produces pharmaceutical chemicals and gelatin capsules, and offers contract-manufacturing services.