What was the former parent company of the pharmacy chain that discovered and developed Flosequinan?
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Flosequinan Flosequinan is a quinolone vasodilator that was discovered and developed by Boots UK and was sold for about a year under the trade name Manoplax. It had been approved in 1992 in the US and UK to treat people with heart failure who could not tolerate ACE inhibitors or digitalis.
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Boots UK Boots UK (formerly Boots the Chemists Ltd.), trading as Boots, is a pharmacy chain in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Norway, Thailand and other territories. The company's former parent, The Boots Company Plc, merged with Alliance UniChem in 2006 to form Alliance Boots. In 2007, Alliance Boots was bought by Kohlberg Kravis Roberts and Stefano Pessina, taking the company private, and moving its headquarters to Switzerland, the first ever FTSE 100 company bought by a private equity firm. In 2012, Walgreens bought a 45% stake in Alliance Boots, with the option to buy the rest within three years. It exercised this option in 2014, and as a result Boots became a subsidiary of the new company, Walgreens Boots Alliance, on 31 December 2014.
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Galpharm International Galpharm International Ltd, who trade as "Galpharm Healthcare", are the UK's biggest supplier of non-prescription medicine. The company is based in Dodworth, Barnsley, England and sponsored the Galpharm Stadium in nearby Huddersfield. In January 2008, the company was acquired by The Perrigo Group for $86m. The company was founded in 1982 by Graham Leslie.
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Vicks Vicks is an American brand of over-the-counter medications owned by the American company Procter & Gamble. Vicks manufactures NyQuil and its morning sister medication, DayQuil. The Vicks brand also produces Formula 44 cough medicines, cough drops, Vicks VapoRub, and a number of inhaled breathing treatments. For much of its history, Vicks products were manufactured by the family-owned company Richardson-Vicks, Inc., based in Greensboro, North Carolina. Richardson-Vicks, Inc., was eventually sold to Procter & Gamble in 1985.
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PKU Healthcare PKU Healthcare Corp., Ltd. formerly known as PKU International Healthcare Group Southwest Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., is a Chinese pharmaceutical company. The major shareholder was PKU Healthcare Group, a subsidiary of PKU Founder Group. PKU Founder Group itself is a subsidiary of Peking University, in turn making the listed company a state-owned enterprise by boarder definition.
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Fareva Fareva is a French pharmaceutical company, with annual revenues of $1.4 billion in 2015, founded and 100% owned by Bernard Fraisse, a French billionaire businessman.
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Vatican Pharmacy The Vatican Pharmacy (Latin and Italian: "" ) is the only pharmacy in the Vatican City, founded in 1874 by Eusebio Ludvig Fronmen, a Fatebenefratelli monk. According to Vatican sources, it is the busiest pharmacy in the world, with 2,000 customers per day.
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Vitacost Vitacost.com, Inc is an American e-commerce company based in Boca Raton, Florida, that sells vitamins, supplements and organic grocery products. The company was bought by Kroger, in 2014. Vitacost was inducted into Inc Magazine's "Inc. 500 Lifetime Hall of Fame," in 2006 as one of the US's 500 fastest-growing privately held businesses for five consecutive years (2001–2005).
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MedPlus MedPlus (MedPlus Health Services Private Limited) is an Indian pharmacy retailer headquartered in Hyderabad, India.
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Digitas Health Digitas Health is an interactive marketing agency catering exclusively to healthcare and pharmaceutical companies. The company was founded in 1990 as Medical Broadcasting Corporation and became a unit of Digitas in 2006 as Digitas Health. In 2011, the agency became independent of Digitas, and integrated into the Publicis Healthcare Communications Group (PHCG), the world’s largest healthcare communications network. PHCG is part of Paris-based Publicis Groupe the world’s third largest communications group, second largest media counsel and buying group, and a global leader in digital and healthcare communications.
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G.D. Searle, LLC G.D. Searle, LLC is a wholly owned trademark of Pfizer. It is currently used mainly as a distribution trademark for various pharmaceuticals that were developed by G. D. Searle & Company (often referred to as Searle). Prior to its 1985 merger with Monsanto, Searle was a company focusing on life sciences, specifically pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and animal health.
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Pfizer Pfizer Inc. is an American pharmaceutical corporation headquartered in New York City, with its research headquarters in Groton, Connecticut.
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Fruth Pharmacy Fruth Pharmacy is an American chain of 25 drug stores located in western West Virginia and southern Ohio. Its headquarters is located in Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The company was founded by Jack E. Fruth in 1952.
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NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals NovoBiotic Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, early-stage biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of new drugs from natural sources.
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Duane Reade Duane Reade Inc. (Pronounced: ), a subsidiary of Walgreens Boots Alliance, is a chain of pharmacy and convenience stores, primarily located in New York City, known for its high volume small store layouts in densely populated Manhattan locations. The headquarters is located at 440 Ninth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, just near Madison Square Garden; its newest flagship store is located at 40 Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.
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Besifloxacin Besifloxacin (INN/USAN) is a fourth-generation fluoroquinolone antibiotic. The marketed compound is besifloxacin hydrochloride.
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Crompton Corporation Crompton Corporation (NYSE: CK ), (formerly Crompton and Knowles), was a chemical research, production, sales and distribution company headquartered in Middlebury, Connecticut. The company produced specialty chemicals used for polymers, fire suppressants and retardants, pool and spa water purification systems and various other applications. In 2005, Crompton merged with Great Lakes Chemical Corporation to become Chemtura.
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Northwest Biotherapeutics Northwest Biotherapeutics is a development-stage American pharmaceutical company headquartered in Maryland that focuses on developing immunotherapies against different types of cancer. The company was founded in 1996 by Alton L. Boynton.
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Drug Emporium Drug Emporium is the name of a discount drug store corporation, founded in 1977 in Columbus, Ohio, that was sold to several different buyers during 2000 to 2001. Although several store locations continue to use the Drug Emporium name, these locations are no longer affiliated with the now-defunct Columbus-based corporation. At the company's high water mark in the 1990s, there were almost 300 locations scattered throughout the United States, including stores that operated under the F&M and VIX banners.
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Terry White Chemists Terry White Chemists is an Australian pharmacy retailer owned by the Terry White Group.
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Robert Duggan (venture capitalist) Robert Duggan is an American entrepreneur, investor and business magnate. He is the former CEO of biopharmaceutical company Pharmacyclics and previously served as CEO of surgical systems maker Computer Motion from 1997 to 2003.
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Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs Osco Drug and Sav-on Drugs were the names of a pair of chain pharmacies that operated in the United States. Osco Drug was founded by the Skaggs family. Alpha Beta grocery store was purchased by American Stores in 1961. Skaggs Drug Centers bought American Stores in 1979 and assumed the American Stores name. Sav-on Drugs was a California-based pharmacy chain that was acquired by Osco's parent company in 1980. Both Osco and Sav-on stores eventually came under the ownership of American Stores, then Albertsons, and finally SuperValu before the stores were sold off.