Axcan Pharma
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Axcan Pharma Inc. is a privately held, Birmingham, Alabama
-based, specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad line of gastrointestinal (GI) products primarily in North America and Europe. Formerly traded publicly on NASDAQ
, Axcan was acquired by TPG Capital in 2008.
Birmingham, Alabama
Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...
-based, specialty pharmaceutical company that develops, manufactures, markets and distributes a broad line of gastrointestinal (GI) products primarily in North America and Europe. Formerly traded publicly on NASDAQ
NASDAQ
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, Axcan was acquired by TPG Capital in 2008.