Ipsen

Ipsen SA formerly the Beaufour-Ipsen Group, is a European pharmaceutical group founded in 1929. The group's research and development is targeted to the disease areas of endocrinology, oncology and neuromuscular disorders.In April 2011, Ipsen SA was nearing to completing a strategic review and planned to announce details in June of that year. In June 2011, the company announced restructuring plans in which it would restructure its business into four market-based franchises and focus its R&D on its peptide and tocin-based technologies. The company also planned to merge its R&D departments and close its Barcelona, Spain R&D center.The company planned to create four franchises: Endocrinology/Somatuline (lanreotide depot); Neurology/Dysport (abobotulinumtoxinA); Uro-oncology/Decapeptyl (triptorelin pamoate); and Hemophilia. It also planned to maximize the value of its short stature business, and this was to be managed directly by regions and countries. Ipsen also intended to to grow its primary care