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Biotech and pharmaceutical companies in the New York metropolitan area represent a significant and growing economic component of the New York metropolitan area, [1] [2] the most populous combined statistical area in the United States [3] and one of the most populous megacities in the world.
Pharmaceutical therapies [ edit ] The company's major franchises in the pharmaceuticals segment include immunology , neuroscience , infectious disease and vaccines, oncology , cardiovascular and metabolism , and pulmonary hypertension .
The pharmaceutical industry is a medical industry that discovers, develops, produces, and markets pharmaceutical goods such as medications and medical devices. Medications are then administered to (or self-administered by) patients for curing or preventing disease or to alleviate symptoms of illness or injury.
Specialty drugs or specialty pharmaceuticals are a recent designation of pharmaceuticals [1] [2] classified as high-cost, [3] [4] [5] high complexity and/or high touch. [4] Specialty drugs are often biologics [ 3 ] [ 6 ] —"drugs derived from living cells" [ 7 ] that are injectable or infused (although some are oral medications). [ 4 ]
The company offered clinical data management, clinical trial execution services, pharmaceuticals, drug development, financial partnering, and commercialization expertise to companies in the biotechnology, pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors. In 1982, Dennis Gillings founded and incorporated Quintiles Transnational in North Carolina. [23]
Crown Bioscience is a company that offers a range of preclinical and translational drug research and development platforms and services. These include in vivo, in vitro, ex vivo patient derived xenograft (PDX), cell line derived xenograft (CDX), organoids and 3D models, as well as oncology databases, biomarker, bioanalysis and bioinformatics services.
Actavis Generics [1] (formerly known as Watson Pharmaceuticals and Actavis plc, prior to the acquisition of Irish-based Allergan, Inc.) is a global pharmaceutical company focused on acquiring, developing, manufacturing and marketing branded pharmaceuticals, generic and over-the-counter medicines, and biologic products.
Diplomat Pharmacy, Inc. is the largest independent provider of specialty pharmacy services in the United States. [2] The company partners with manufacturers, payers, providers, hospitals, and more. [3] Headquartered in Flint, Michigan, Diplomat has facilities across the United States and dispenses drugs in all 50 states. [4]