Alexion Pharmaceuticals

American company
Organization business Q204727
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data from 13 annual filings
Revenue
$6.07B
▲ 21.6% YoY FY2020
Net Income
$603.40M
▼ 74.9% YoY FY2020
Assets
$18.10B
▲ 3.2% YoY FY2020
EPS (diluted)
$2.72
▼ 74.6% YoY FY2020
$0.00$1.67B$3.34B$5.01B$6.68B FY2008: $259.10M · NI $33.15M (12.8% margin)FY2009: $386.80M · NI $295.17M (76.3% margin)FY2010: $540.96M · NI $97.03M (17.9% margin)FY2011: $783.43M · NI $175.31M (22.4% margin)FY2012: $1.13B · NI $254.82M (22.5% margin)FY2013: $1.55B · NI $252.90M (16.3% margin)FY2014: $2.23B · NI $657.00M (29.4% margin)FY2015: $2.60B · NI $144.40M (5.5% margin)FY2016: $3.08B · NI $399.40M (13.0% margin)FY2017: $3.55B · NI $443.30M (12.5% margin)FY2018: $4.13B · NI $77.60M (1.9% margin)FY2019: $4.99B · NI $2.40B (48.2% margin)FY2020: $6.07B · NI $603.40M (9.9% margin) '08'10'12'14'16'18'20
■ Revenue ■ Net Income
Source: SEC EDGAR · latest 10-K filed 2020-12-31 · accession 0000899866-21-000014

Alexion Pharmaceuticals

Summary

Alexion Pharmaceuticals is a business[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,426 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals is in the country of United States[3].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals is in the country of US[4].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's instance of is recorded as business[5].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's instance of is recorded as enterprise[6].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's instance of is recorded as public company[7].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's headquarters location is recorded as Cheshire[8].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's child organization or unit is recorded as Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)[9].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[10].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[11].
  • January 1, 1992 marks the founding of Alexion Pharmaceuticals[12].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's location of formation is recorded as Boston[13].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's parent organization or unit is recorded as AstraZeneca[14].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's official website is recorded as https://alexion.com/[15].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's official website is recorded as http://www.alexion.com[16].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's product or material produced is recorded as Soliris[17].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's product or material produced is recorded as Kanuma[18].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's product or material produced is recorded as ravulizumab[19].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's product or material produced is recorded as Strensiq[20].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+3837'}[21].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+2656'}[22].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's employees is recorded as {'amount': '+3082'}[23].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's legal form is recorded as Delaware corporation[24].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's legal form is recorded as XTIQ[25].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alexion'}[26].
  • Alexion Pharmaceuticals's total revenue is recorded as {'unit': 'Q4917', 'amount': '+6069900000'}[27].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): M1YXUUZR0EIMU8T0EM75[28]

  • Registered legal name: Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc.[29]

  • Legal jurisdiction: US-DE[30]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[31]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): XTIQ[32]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[33]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[34]

  • LEI first registered: 2012-06-06[35]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-08-04[36]

  • LEI next renewal: 2019-01-13[37]

  • Managing LOU: 5493001KJTIIGC8Y1R12[38]

  • Registration authority: RA000602[39]

  • Authority entity ID: 2286486[40]

  • Other names: Udec Pharmaceuticals, Inc.[41]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[42]

Body

Founding

January 1, 1992 marks the founding of Alexion Pharmaceuticals[12]. Its location of formation is recorded as Boston[13].

Identity

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Alexion'}[26].

Operations

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's headquarters location is recorded as Cheshire[8]. Its parent organization or unit is recorded as AstraZeneca[14]. Its child organization or unit is recorded as Alexion Pharma (Switzerland)[9].

Industry

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[11].

Ownership

Alexion Pharmaceuticals's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[10]. Products include Soliris[17], Kanuma[18], ravulizumab[19], and Strensiq[20].

Why It Matters

Alexion Pharmaceuticals ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,426 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[43] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[44]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . lobbyfacts.eu. lobbyfacts.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] ↑ . alexion.com. alexion.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  12. [14] ↑ . nasdaq.com. nasdaq.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Global LEI Index. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . sec.gov. sec.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [31] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [32] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [33] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [34] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [35] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [38] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [39] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [40] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [41] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [42] ↑ . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [43] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [44] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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