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At the time, Aspen was already the largest generic medicine distributor in South Africa. In 2011 Aspen acquired the largest...Aspen joined the call of the Former South African President Nelson Mandela in support of an annual event to benefit disadvantaged communities.Aspen signalled its support of the Social Compact, as a founder member of the Public Healthcare Enhancement Fund in South Africa...2013 heralded Aspen’s acquisition of rights to infant nutritional brands and related businesses from Nestlé in Australia, a number of Latin American territories...Aspen acquired an API manufacturing business, primarily at Oss in the Netherlands (effective 1 October 2013), and a portfolio of 11 branded finished dose form molecules...Aspen concluded two related transactions with GSK, valued at approximately R12 billion, to acquire the Arixtra and Fraxiparine/Fraxodi thrombolytic brands worldwide...Aspen expanded its global footprint, commencing activity in an additional 21 countries and taking the number of Aspen offices and sites around the world to more than 50.Acquired the exclisive rights to commercialise AstraZeneca's global anaesthetics portfolio in 100 countries worldwide, including China but excluding the USAAcquired remaining rights to IP and manufacturing know-how related to AstraZeneca’s anaesthetics portfolioCommercial focus on specialised therapies; increased complex manufacturing capacities; leverage of geographic footprint; and portfolio expansion through development and acquisition Net sales break down by family of products as follows: You are not a HCP so we cannot give you access to the productsSir George Grey served as a Governor of the Cape of Good Hope...By 1858 the local press were featuring advertisements detailing the Lennon products, which had just arrived by ship and were available in pharmacies.The first annual report noted a satisfactory performance despite...In 1930 Lennon Ltd was the largest pharmaceutical company...View from the North End Lake, showing the Welfare Block in the foreground...The Medicines and Related Substances Act of 1965 prompted most...In 1968 the South African Druggists group, including Lennon Ltd, was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange...Stephen Saad and Gus Attridge were two of the four founding members of Aspen...Aspen was listed on the JSE through reverse listing into Medhold Ltd.Aspen acquired South African Druggists, the oldest pharmaceutical business in South Africa...Aspen Australia commenced as a start-up operations in Sydney and...Aspen’s new corporate identity was launched symbolising energy, innovation and nurturing.Aspen concluded a broad-based black economic empowerment deal with...Aspen Stavudine was launched – Africa’s first generic antiretroviral (ARV).Aspen’s state-of-the-art, multi-million Rand oral solid dose...Aspen acquired Fine Chemicals in Cape Town, the only South African manufacturer of active pharmaceutical ingredients.Aspen acquired Infacare, the infant nutritional brand, from Dutch-based Royal Numico.Aspen’s Unit 1 facility in Port Elizabeth became the world’s first manufacturing facility to receive tentative US FDA approval for the production of certain generic ARVs.Aspen extended its broad-based black economic empowerment ownership through an empowerment transaction with Imithi Investments (Pty) Ltd.Aspen was recognised as the largest supplier of ARVs in Africa...Construction commenced on the Sterile Facility at the Port Elizabeth site.Aspen entered the Latin American market through an investment in businesses established in Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela and...Aspen acquired the intellectual property rights from GSK for four key global brands: Eltroxin, Imuran, Lanoxin and Zyloric...Aspen concluded a series of strategic transactions with GSK comprising the acquisition of the rights to distribute GSK’s pharmaceutical products in South Africa...Aspen started its business in 2001 with two people.
Aspen has been criticised for increasing the prices of generic drugs it sells. We improve the health of patients in more than 150 countries through our high quality, affordable … It was fined for price-gouging in Italy where it paid $5.5m in October 2016 for its behaviour.In January 2016, Aspen announced that due to production problems, tablets with 0.025 mg Thyrax ( It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia's content policies, particularly Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance. In 1930 Lennon Ltd was the largest pharmaceutical company... Read more. A twist on an old saying, "Not dead but forgotten".Another strategy of Aspen is to recruit salespeople who have strong customer relationships and are themselves liked and trusted by doctors. Group Overview With a 160-year heritage, Aspen is a global specialty and branded multinational pharmaceutical company with a presence in both emerging and developed markets with approximately 10 000 employees at 70 established business operations in 55 countries. | Following the Strides purchase of the Aspen Australia Generics business finalised on September 1, 2015, Arrow Pharmaceuticals begins operating in the Australian market for the second time.