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Company Overview

Business Description

Sector
Health Care
Industry
Pharmaceuticals
Headquarters
France FR
Employees
5 535
IPO date
Dec 6, 2005

Ipsen is a French specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and sells prescription medicines for serious diseases, especially in oncology, rare diseases, and certain neurological conditions. Its business is built around branded drugs that doctors prescribe in hospitals and clinics, rather than over-the-counter products.

The company makes money by selling these medicines to hospitals, healthcare providers, and pharmaceutical distributors around the world. It also relies on partnerships and licensing deals in some areas of research and commercialization, which helps it bring products to market without doing every step alone.

What makes Ipsen different is its focus on a narrower set of hard-to-treat diseases where patients need specialized care and long-term treatment. That gives it a role as a focused drug maker: it does not try to be a broad consumer health company, but instead sells targeted therapies in niche medical markets where scientific expertise and physician trust matter most.

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Address
70 Rue Balard
Boulogne-Billancourt, Ile-De-France
France

Business Segments

Oncology

Develops and sells medicines used to treat certain cancers, especially in areas like prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumors.

Customers and revenue model

Rare diseases

Makes treatments for uncommon long-term conditions, including some digestive and growth-related disorders.

Customers and revenue model

Neuroscience

Description, customers and revenue model

Management

Dr. Aidan Murphy Ph.D.

Executive VP and Head of Technical Operations

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