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Shire plc

Official website (http://www.shire.com/)

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Also known as Shire

British company

OverviewAI-generated

Shire plc is a public company and enterprise operating within the pharmaceutical industry. Headquartered in Basingstoke, United Kingdom, the organization was established on 1986-01-01. It produces orphan drugs and employs 5300 people. The company is part of the FTSE 100 Index and trades on the Nasdaq and London Stock Exchange.

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company serves as the parent organization for Shire plc. The entity is classified as an operating company with a fiscal year end of 1231. It is recognized in the Ftse 100 collection.

Synthesized by Vinony from 30 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Firecrawl, SEC EDGAR, ROR, Vinony collections. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Company

Industry
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Entity type
operating
Latest filing
SC 13G · 2019-02-15

via SEC EDGAR

Research organization · ROR

Type
Company, Funder
Location
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
Status
Inactive

GRID grid.430358.9 · ISNI 0000 0004 0374 2229

Official website

Takeda Pharmaceuticals: Global Homepage

Takeda is a patient-focused, R&D-driven global biopharmaceutical company committed to bringing Better Health and a Brighter Future.

shire.com

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
enterprise
Headquarters
Basingstoke
Employees
5300
Stock exchange
London Stock Exchange
Official website
www.shire.com
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inception
1986-01-01
product or material produced
orphan drug
native label
Shire
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Encyclopedic overview

Takeda Pharmaceuticals: Global Homepage =======================================

![background image](http://www.shire.com/w_1920/q_auto:eco/f_auto/v1/Global/Background_4-2_100)

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