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Purdue Pharma L.P., is a privately held pharmaceutical company founded by physicians and now located in Stamford, Connecticut. In its early years, Purdue was known for its antiseptic product, Betadine Solution, and its Senokot laxatives. Today, it is best known for its pain treatment products, such as MS Contin and OxyContin, but it has also branched into other areas such as oncology and nutraceuticals. ==History== Purdue Pharma is a privately-held company, founded in 1892 by doctors John Purdue Gray and George Frederick Bingham in Manhattan, New York City, NY, as the Purdue Frederick Company.〔http://www.purduepharma.com/about/〕 In 1952, the company was sold to two more doctors, Raymond and Mortimer Sackler, who relocated to the business to Yonkers, NY. In the intervening years, the company has opened further offices in New Jersey and Connecticut. Its current HQ is in Stamford, Connecticut. The current company, Purdue Pharma L.P., was constituted in 1991 and focuses on pain management medication, calling itself a "pioneer in developing medications for reducing pain, a principal cause of human suffering". In September 2015, the (company's website ) said it has some 1,700 people on its payroll.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=About Purdue Pharma L.P. )〕 In September 2015 the company announced it would acquire VM Pharma, gaining access to worldwide development and commercial rights to an allosteric selective tropomyosin receptor kinase inhibitor program – specifically the Phase II candidate VM-902A. The deal could generate more than $213 million for VM Pharma.〔http://www.genengnews.com/gen-news-highlights/purdue-pharma-acquires-trka-inhibitor-program-for-up-to-213m/81251701/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Purdue Pharma」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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