Organon International

Organon International

Organon is a human pharmaceutical company headquartered in Oss, Netherlands. In November 2007 the company became a part of Schering-Plough Corporation, acquired Organon, active pharmaceutical ingredient producer Diosynth (separate from Organon until 2004),[1] and its veterinary pharmaceutical sister company Intervet from Akzo Nobel.[2] In November 2009 Schering-Plough merged with Merck & Co. under the name Merck & Co., known as Merck Sharp & Dohme or MSD outside the United States and Canada.[3] Organon deals in the following core therapeutic fields: reproductive medicine, contraception, psychiatry, HRT and anesthesia. Organon sells to international markets.

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History

Organon was founded by Dr. Saal van Zwanenberg in Oss, the Netherlands, in 1923 as Zwanenberg-Organon. Its first product was insulin in 1923.[4] In the thirties it manufactured estrogens.[4] In 1948, Organon acquired the Newhouse research site in Scotland, United Kingdom. The production of cortison was initiated in 1953.[1] The now named Koninklijke Zwanenberg-Organon (KZO) fused with the fiber producer AKU in 1969 to become AKZO, later Akzo Nobel. Organon is the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel and transferred its headquarters to the USA while the main headquarter of Akzo Nobel remained in Arnhem, and has since moved to Amsterdam. Manufacturing facilities are in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Ireland, China, Japan, and the USA.

Products

Products include: Bridion, Remeron, Remeron SolTab, Sustanon, Deca-Durabolin, Pregnyl, Implanon, NuvaRing, Marvelon, Desolett and a variety of other contraceptive products.

References

  1. ^ a b "81 Years of Organon at a Glance". Organon. Archived from the original on 9 March 2005. http://web.archive.org/web/20050309062056/http://www.organon.com/about/facts/history/index.asp?ComponentID=10448&SourcePageID=9171. Retrieved 19 June 2010. 
  2. ^ "Schering-Plough Acquires Organon BioSciences". Medical Net News. 20 November 2007. http://www.news-medical.net/news/2007/11/20/32697.aspx. Retrieved 19 June 2010. 
  3. ^ "Merck and Schering-Plough to Complete Merger Today" (Press release). Merck & Co.. November 3, 2009. http://www.merck.com/newsroom/news-release-archive/corporate/2009_1103.html. Retrieved 2010-07-16. 
  4. ^ a b "Organon History 1920's". Organon. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20061209230507/http://www.organon.com/about/facts/history/index.asp?year=1920. Retrieved 19 June 2010. 

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