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Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals, based in Dublin, Ireland with U.S. headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri, produces specialty pharmaceutical products including generic drugs and imaging agents.

Mallinckrodt manufactures and distributes products used in diagnostic procedures and in the treatment of pain and related conditions. This includes the development, manufacture and distribution of specialty pharmaceuticals, active pharmaceutical ingredients, contrast products and radiopharmaceuticals. The company employs 5,500 at 47 locations around the world. Net sales were $2 billion in 2011.

Separation from Covidien

In 2011, Covidien announced plans to spin off its pharmaceuticals business into a standalone public company. Mallinckrodt Plc was officially separated as of June 28, 2013. Trading of regular shares of the company’s stock on the New York Stock Exchange began on July 1, 2013, under the ticker symbol MNK.

History

Early history

In 1867, the Mallinckrodt brothers, Gustav, Otto and Edward, founded G. Mallinckrodt & Co. in St. Louis, Missouri. Mallinckrodt Chemical Works was incorporated 15 years later. By 1898, the company had established itself as a pharmaceuticals supplier and in 1913 became the first to introduce barium sulfate as a contrast media for x-rays. The Mallinckrodt General Clinical Research Center received contributions from Edward C. Mallinckrodt, Jr., who headed the firm in the 1940s.

Recent history

• 1981 – Mallinckrodt is listed among Fortune 500 companies
• 1982 – Avon Products, Inc. acquires Mallinckrodt
• 1986 – International Minerals and Chemical Corporation (IMCERA Group Inc.) acquires Mallinckrodt from Avon
• 1995 – Mallinckrodt establishes generic pharmaceuticals business
• 1996 – Mallinckrodt Inc. acquires maker of urology imaging systems and injectors, Liebel-Flarsheim Co.
• 2000 – Tyco International acquires Mallinckrodt
• 2007 – Tyco Healthcare spins off and becomes Covidien, an independent company The healthcare business units were spun off under the name Covidien.
• 2011 – Covidien closes plant in Chesterfield, UK which makes para-aminophenol, with the loss of 64 jobs. This is a former Mallinckrodt site, now owned by Covidien.
• 2011 – Covidien announces plans to spin off Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals as a standalone public company
• 2012 – Mallinckrodt announces acquisition of CNS Therapeutics for $100 million
• 2013 - Mallinckrodt spins off from Covidien and begins trading under ticker symbol MNK
• 2014 - Acquires Cadence Pharmaceuticals and Questcor Pharmaceuticals; Joins S&P 500

Market

Mallinckrodt markets its products to major wholesalers and retail drug store chains. Imaging products are marketed primarily to physicians, technologists and hospitals, imaging centers, cardiology clinics and radiopharmacies.

Products

Mallinckrodt is the largest U.S. supplier, by prescription, of opioid pain medications and the largest U.S. supplier of the medical isotope technetium-99m. The company is among the top 10 generic pharmaceuticals manufacturers in the United States. The company is also the largest producer of bulk acetaminophen.

References

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12. "http://finance.yahoo.com/news/mallinckrodt-plc-completes-1-4-131200062.html". Yahoo Finance. 19 March. {{cite web}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help); Check date values in: |date= (help); External link in |title= (help); Missing or empty |url= (help)
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External links

• Official site

• Pharmaceutical companies of the United States
• Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange