Shire (pharmaceutical company)

For other uses, see Shire (disambiguation).
Shire Plc
Public limited company
Traded as LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPG
Industry Pharmaceuticals
Predecessor Shire Pharmaceuticals Group Plc
Founded 1986 (1986)
Headquarters Registered Office: St Helier, Jersey
Corporate HQ: Dublin, Ireland
UK Operations: Basingstoke, England
Key people
 Susan Kilsby (Chairman)
Flemming Ørnskov, MD (CEO)
Revenue $6,416.7 million (2015)[1]
$1,419.5 million (2015)[1]
$1,303.4 million (2015)[1]
Number of employees
 5,300 (2014)[2]
Website www.shire.com

Shire Plc is a Jersey-registered, Irish-headquartered global specialty biopharmaceutical company. Originating in the United Kingdom with an operational base in the United States, its brands and products include Vyvanse. Shire has its primary listing on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Shire has a secondary listing on NASDAQ.

Shire develops and provides healthcare in the areas of behavioural health, gastrointestinal conditions, rare diseases, and regenerative medicine.

The original corporate headquarters and still major operation base are located in Basingstoke, Hampshire, England. Other major offices are located in the United States in Wayne, Pennsylvania and Cambridge, Massachusetts. In addition, Shire owns a manufacturing site in Lexington, Massachusetts and San Diego, California. It announced in November 2013 that it would be further reducing its presence in the UK.[3]

History

Location in Lexington, Massachusetts

Shire was founded by Harry Stratford, his wife and a small group of his colleagues in 1986.[4] It was first listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996. Shire's initial products were calcium supplements (Calcichew-D3) for patients seeking to treat or prevent osteoporosis. In 1997 the company acquired Pharmavene for £105 million in order to access Pharmavene's drug delivery methods.[5] Later in the same year Shire acquired Richwood Pharmaceutical Company, forming Shire-Richwood Inc.[6]

In 2001 the company acquired Biochem Canada.[7] Shire's next acquisition didn't come until 2005 when it acquired Transkaryotic Therapeutics[8] and two years later - in 2007 - New River Pharmaceuticals Inc, for a then company record of $2.6 billion.[9] With the purchase of New River, Shire gained access and ownership of Vyvanse. A year late the company acquired the German company Jerini, for $521 million. Jerini focussed on treating hereditary angioedema.[10]

In 2008, in reaction to new taxation measures announced by the Labour Party in the treatment of royalties on patents, the company moved its tax domicile to Dublin, Ireland.[11]

2010 saw a change in company strategy, with the company seeking to expand through mergers and acquisitions - culminating in the company becoming one of the most acquisitive in the industry. In 2010 the company acquired Movetis, a Belgian company focussing on gastrointestinal products for $565 million,[12] a year later it acquired regenerative medicine manufacturer Advanced BioHealing.[13] In 2012 the company acquired FerroKin BioSciences for $325 million along with FerroKins lead iron chelator - FBS0701.[14] 2013 saw the company complete its highest number of acquisitions with Lotus Tissue Repair, Inc. (lead compound, ABH001),[15] SARcode Bioscience Inc.,[16] with the last being ViroPharma.[17] At $4.2 billion, ViroPharma set a new company record.[18] In 2014 Shire acquired two rare disease drug companies; Fibrotech[19] with its antifibrotic compounds for $75 million and Lumena, a company researching rare gastro-intestinal and hepatic compounds, for $260 million.[20]

Aborted AbbVie takeover

On 20 June 2014, Shire rejected a takeover attempt by AbbVie. AbbVie offered £46.11 per share (£27.3 billion or $46.5 billion in total).[21] On 8 July the offer was increased to $51.5 billion.[22] On 18 July, it was announced that AbbVie would acquire Shire for $54.8 billion.[23] On 15 October, news broke suggesting AbbVie was reconsidering their proposed takeover deal due to changes in US "Tax Inversion" law [24] and on 16 October AbbVie's board recommended that shareholders vote against the deal.[25] This news sent Shire's share price down over 27%, however AbbVie will be subject to a $1.6 billion break up fee, payable to Shire.[26] On 21 October the merger was called off.[27]

In 2015, NPS Pharmaceuticals was acquired for $5.2 billion, bringing along its rare disease drugs Gattex and Natpara.[28] The company also acquired, later in the same year Meritage Pharma for $245 million, Foresight Biotherapeutics for $300 million[29] and Dyax for $6.5 billion.[30][31] The purchases bolstered Shires Gastro-intestinal and rare disease sectors, with Phase-III ready treatment - Budesonide - for the treatment of eosinophilic esophagitis. As well as expanding the company's pipeline with a late-stage treatment candidate for infectious conjunctivitis with lead candidate FST-100 and increased the companies rare disease catalogue with Dyax’s portfolio of plasma kallikrein inhibitors against hereditary angioedema (led by the approved drug Kalbitor and the Phase III DX-2930). In January 2016, the company made its most significant purchase, with the $32 billion acquisition of Baxalta, creating the largest global biotech company focused solely on rare diseases.[32]

Investors

As of 31 December 2015, investors holding more than 0.5% of total outstanding shares include the Harbor Capital Appreciation Fund (with 1.17%), and the institutional investors Jennison Associates (3.59%), Paulson & Company (3.42%), Waddell & Reed (1.81%), Fidelity (1.28%), T. Rowe Price Associates (0.84%), FMR (0.79%), Goldman Sachs Group (0.53%), and Invesco (0.50%).[33]

Acquisition history

Click show to reveal an illustration of Shire mergers, acquisitions, spin-offs, and historical predecessors, complete as of this date.

Products

The Annual Revenue figures in the following table were drawn from the company's 2015 full year report of preliminary results.[1]

A container of Adderall XR
Name Annual revenue Indication
Vyvanse $1,722M Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Lialda/Mezavant $684M Gastrointestinal (Ulcerative colitis)
Cinryze $618M
Gattex/Revestive & Natpara $166M
Firazyr $445M (Hereditary angioedema)

Licences & Royalties

In July 2014, Shire licensed the rights to the investigational Hunter syndrome compound, AGT-182, from ArmaGen for up to $225 million.[55]

The Annual Revenue figures in the following Table were drawn from the company's Q4 report of preliminary results.[1]

Name Annual revenue Indication Licensee
Adderall XR $70.3M Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Imapx and Teva
3TC (Lamivudine) and Zeffix (Lamivudine) $91.6M HIV and Chronic hepatitis B GlaxoSmithKline
Fosrenol $53.3M Renal disease Bayer Yakuhin
Other $26.4M

Corporate leadership

As of March 2016, the leadership of the company is provided by its CEO, Flemming Ørnskov, who has been the company's chief executive officer since mid-2013.[56] with Mark Enyedy as Head of Corporate Development, Ginger Gregory as Chief Human Resources Officer, Jeffrey Poulton as CFO, and Philip Vickers as Head of R&D.[57] James Bowling vacated his position as interim CFO in the aftermath of the collapse o the AbbVie inversion deal.[58] The Chair of Shire's Board of Directors is Susan Kilsby.[59]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Preliminary Results 2015" (PDF). Shire. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  2. ↑ "Join Us". shire.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Shire delivers fresh blow to UK life sciences". Financial Times. 10 November 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2013.(subscription required)
  4. ↑ "Shire is one of the big stars". Sunday Times. 27 November 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  5. ↑ Grimond, Magnus (1997-02-26). "Shire buys US drugs delivery firm for pounds 105m". The Independent. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  6. ↑ Grimond, Magnus (1997-08-04). "Investment Column: Shire focuses on buying Richwood". The Independent. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Dunne, Helen (2001-05-10). "Canadians give go-ahead for Shire takeover of BioChem". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "U.K. drug maker agrees to buy Transkaryotic". readabstracts.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  9. ↑ "Shire buys New River Pharmaceuticals for $2.6 billion". pharmatimes.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "Shire to buy Jerini in $521M deal". FierceBiotech. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  11. ↑ Shire moves to Ireland for tax Irish Examiner, April 2008
  12. ↑ "Shire forges $565M buyout deal for Movetis". FierceBiotech. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  13. ↑ Grogan, Kevin (2011-05-18). "Shire swoops to buy Advanced BioHealing". pharmatimes.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  14. ↑ Reuters Editorial (15 March 2012). "Shire to buy U.S. biotech firm for up to $325 million". Reuters. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  15. ↑ "Shire Acquires Lotus Tissue Repair". GEN. 8 January 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  16. ↑ "Shire to Buy Eye-Drug Maker SARcode for $160 Million". Bloomberg. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  17. ↑ "Shire Buys ViroPharma for $4.2 Billion to Add Orphan Drug". Bloomberg. 11 November 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  18. ↑ Trista Kelley and Makiko Kitamura (11 November 2013). "Shire Buys ViroPharma for $4.2 Billion to Add Orphan Drug". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
  19. ↑ "Fibrotech acquired by Shire for US$75M plus milestones". FierceBiotech.
  20. ↑ "GEN - News Highlights:Shire Acquires Lumena for $260M+". GEN.
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  22. ↑ Caroline Chen, Drew Armstrong and Simeon Bennett (8 July 2014). "AbbVie Raises Offer for Shire to $51.5 Billion". Bloomberg.
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  29. ↑ "Shire Acquires Foresight Biotherapeutics for $300M". GEN. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
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  44. ↑ Simeon Bennett (12 March 2013). "Shire Buys Premacure for Blindness-Stopping Drug in Infants". Bloomberg.com.
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  46. ↑ "Shire To Acquire Ferrokin Biosciences, Inc., And Its Phase 2 Iron Chelator Treatment".
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