Forest Laboratories is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in New York City, USA. Its revenues for the year ended 31 March 2007 were US$3. 4 billion. The company's research & development spending has grown rapidly in recent years, and as of 2007, approached almost a billion US dollars a year, which put it on the list of the top 100 global corporations in R&D spending[1][2]. Forest Laboratories is also known for licensing European pharmaceuticals for sale in the United States.
One of Forest Laboratories' best sellers is the antidepressant, Lexapro, which was developed in cooperation with Danish company, Lundbeck. Escitalopram (trade names Lexapro, Cipralex) is the pure (S Enantiomer of Citalopram and is a Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor H Lundbeck A/S ( (also known as Lundbeck) is a Danish international Pharmaceutical company engaged in the Research and development, production Forest also has a drug for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease called Namenda. Memantine is the first in a novel class of Alzheimer's disease medications acting on the Glutamatergic system by blocking NMDA glutamate receptors Namenda has been licensed in Europe for approximately the last 30 years, but has only been licensed in the USA in the last two years. Both Lexapro and Namenda are produced in bulk at the Forest plant in Dublin, Ireland, with secondary processing, such as bottling and blister-packing, being carried out in the USA at plants in New York and St. Louis. Forest's also produces Campral for the maintenance of abstinence from alcohol in patients with alcohol dependence. Acamprosate, also known by the brand name Campral, is a drug used for treating Alcohol dependence. Other products include Tiazac, Armour Thyroid, Levothroid, Thyrolar, Cervidil, Infasurf, Combunox, and Aerobid. Diltiazem is a member of the group of drugs known as Benzothiazepines which are a class of Calcium channel blockers used in the treatment of Hypertension Armour thyroid (thyroid tablets USP is a product derived from porcine thyroid glands Levothyroxine, also known as L-thyroxine, synthetic T4, or 353'5'-tetraiodo-L-thyronine, is a synthetic form In Medicine, dinoprostone, is a naturally occurring Prostaglandin E2 (PGE2 Flunisolide (marketed as AeroBid, Nasalide, Nasarel) is a Corticosteroid often prescribed as treatment for Allergic rhinitis.
Forest Laboratories is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under FRX. The New York Stock Exchange ( NYSE) is a Stock exchange based in New York City.
It should not be confused with the Forest Products Laboratory. Forest Products Laboratory is a research facility of the United States Forest Service and the USDA.
Footnotes
- ^ Forest Laboratories financial statements. Retrieved on 2007-11-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
- ^ The 1250 Largest Companies Worldwide in R&D Spending. Retrieved on 2007-11-15. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria.
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