Fast Facts
About King Pharmaceuticals Canada, Inc.
King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. established King Pharmaceuticals Canada in 2006 with the goal of applying our resources and capabilities to help meet Canada's healthcare needs. Our Canadian presence provides a unique opportunity to better understand the local healthcare environment so that we may continuously help improve the wellbeing of Canadians.
King Pharmaceuticals Canada is heaquartered in the Canadian pharmaceutical hub of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. This location provides us with a central location for distributing and selling pharmaceutical products throughout Canada.
Canadian Operations - Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Key Products
About King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
King, headquartered in Bristol, Tennessee, is a vertically integrated branded pharmaceutical company. King, an S&P 500 Index company, seeks to capitalize on opportunities in the pharmaceutical industry through the development, including through in-licensing arrangements and acquisitions, of novel branded prescription pharmaceutical products in attractive markets and the strategic acquisition of branded products that can benefit from focused promotion and marketing and product life-cycle management.
President and CEO - Brian Markison
Year Founded - January 1994
Stock Exchange Listing - NYSE (KG)
Corporate Headquarters - Bristol, Tennessee
Commercial Operations - Bridgewater, NJ
Manufacturing
- Bristol, TN
- Rochester, MI
- St. Louis, MO
- St. Petersburg, FL
- Middleton, WI
Research & Development
- Cary, NC
Meridian Medical Technologies
- Columbia, MD
Website Address - www.kingpharm.com
Employees - 2,900
Sales Force - 1,100+
Recognition
- Top 9 Best Managed Drug Companies by Fortune - January 2006
- No. 39 on Pharmaceutical Executive's 2007 Top 50 Pharma Companies list
Key Products
- Altace®
- Skelaxin®
- Thrombin-JMI®
- Avinza®
- Sonata®
- Levoxyl®
- Meridian Emergency Products
- EpiPen®
R&D Pipeline
Late Stage
- Remoxy™
- Vanquix®
- binodenoson
Early to Mid Stage
- Bremelanotide
- MRE0094
- T-62
Product/Line Extensions
- Altace®/HCT combination
- Altace® TOPHAT - Pediatric
- Altace® Nephropathy
Core Competencies
- Commercialization and marketing: 1,100+ member sales force in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, with strengths in cardiovascular/metabolics, neuroscience and hospital/acute care.
- Research and development: Approximately 100 research and development employees specializing in core R&D, pharmacovigilance, clinical operation, regulatory affairs, medical affairs and project management.
- Business development
- Manufacturing and quality control: produce a broad array of dosage forms including tablets, capsules, liquids, suspensions, solutions, suppositories, creams, ointments, injectables, auto-injector products, and other drug products.
- Regulatory expertise
EpiPen® and EpiPen® Jr are registered trademarks of Mylan Inc. licensed exclusively to its wholly-owned subsidiary, Dey Pharma, L.P. of Basking Ridge, New Jersey, USA.
Cytomel is a registered trade mark of King Pharmaceuticals Research and Development, Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
