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Footnotes / references. [1] Allergan plc is an American, Irish-domiciled pharmaceutical company that acquires, develops, manufactures and markets brand name drugs and medical devices in the areas of medical aesthetics, eye care, central nervous system, and gastroenterology. [1] [2] [3] The company is the maker of Botox.
Botulinum toxin, or botulinum neurotoxin (commonly called botox), is a highly potent neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related species. It prevents the release of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine from axon endings at the neuromuscular junction, thus causing flaccid paralysis.
Allergan, Inc. was an American global pharmaceutical company focused on eye care, neurosciences, medical dermatology, medical aesthetics, breast enhancement, obesity intervention and urologics. Allergan, Inc. was formed in 1948, incorporated in 1950 and became a public company in 1970. [ 2 ]
Sources say the pharmaceutical company that manufactures Botox, Allergan, charges providers around $6-7 per unit, making the average patient cost more like $10-15 per unit (with metropolitan areas ...
Pharmaceutical company Allergan (AGN) has settled the Department of Justice's criminal and civil charges that it promoted Botox for uses the Food and Drug Administration hadn't approved as safe ...
Alan B. Scott. Alan Brown Scott (July 13, 1932 – December 16, 2021 [1]) was an American ophthalmologist specializing in eye muscles and their disorders, such as strabismus (eye misalignment). He is best known for his work in developing and manufacturing the drug that became known as Botox, research described as "groundbreaking" by the ASCRS. [2]
Allergan Inc. (AGN), the maker of the wrinkle-smoother Botox, reported profit fell 58 percent as the recession slowed sales of the frown line drug, as well as sales of eye and beauty products.
Pfizer: Off-label promotion of Bextra, Geodon, Zyvox and Lyrica, September 2009. In what was the largest pharmaceutical settlement in U.S. history at the time, Pfizer reached a $2.3 billion settlement with the Department of Justice to resolve criminal charges and civil claims under the False Claims Act.