ViroPharma

American pharmaceutical company
Organization business Q7934840
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Financials

Self-reported XBRL data
Net Income
$140.66M
▲ 12.0% YoY FY2011
Assets
$1.22B
▼ 8.7% YoY FY2012
EPS (diluted)
$0.08
▼ 95.2% YoY FY2012

ViroPharma

Summary

ViroPharma is a business[1]. ViroPharma ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • ViroPharma is in the country of CH[3].
  • ViroPharma's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • ViroPharma's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • ViroPharma's headquarters location is recorded as Exton[6].
  • ViroPharma's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[7].
  • ViroPharma's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[8].
  • 1994 marks the founding of ViroPharma[9].
  • ViroPharma was dissolved in 2008[10].
  • ViroPharma's location of formation is recorded as Exton[11].
  • ViroPharma's official website is recorded as http://www.viropharma.com/[12].
  • ViroPharma's product or material produced is recorded as vancomycin[13].
  • ViroPharma's legal form is recorded as 3EKS[14].

Product Details

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GLEIF Golden Copy — Level 1 entity data

  • Legal Entity Identifier (LEI): 5493004G8X4K5OHJPX03[15]

  • Registered legal name: Shire Switzerland GMBH[16]

  • Legal jurisdiction: CH[17]

  • GLEIF entity category: GENERAL[18]

  • Legal form (ISO 20275 ELF): 3EKS[19]

  • Entity status: ACTIVE[20]

  • LEI registration status: LAPSED[21]

  • LEI first registered: 2018-10-24[22]

  • LEI last updated: 2023-07-31[23]

  • LEI next renewal: 2020-11-21[24]

  • Managing LOU: 213800WAVVOPS85N2205[25]

  • Registration authority: RA000549[26]

  • Authority entity ID: CHE-319.085.968[27]

  • Other names: ViroPharma GmbH[28]

  • Conformity flag: NON_CONFORMING[29]

Body

Founding

1994 marks the founding of ViroPharma[9]. ViroPharma's location of formation is recorded as Exton[11].

Operations

ViroPharma's headquarters location is recorded as Exton[6].

Industry

ViroPharma's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[8].

Ownership

ViroPharma's stock exchange is recorded as Nasdaq[7]. ViroPharma's product or material produced is recorded as vancomycin[13].

Dissolution

ViroPharma was dissolved in 2008[10].

Why It Matters

ViroPharma ranks in the top 4% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (25 views/month).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [15] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  2. [16] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  3. [17] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  4. [18] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  5. [19] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  6. [20] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  7. [21] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  8. [22] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  9. [23] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  10. [24] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  11. [25] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  12. [26] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  13. [27] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  14. [28] . Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF). Retrieved . gleif.org.
  15. [29] . 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.

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    Headquarters location Exton
    Website
    Location of formation Exton
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date +2008-00-00T00:00:00Z
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