Exelgyn Explained

Exelgyn
Website:	https://exelgyn.com/
Area Served:	Worldwide
Industry:	Pharmaceutical
Products:	mifepristone, misoprostol.

Exelgyn is a French pharmaceutical company which makes and distributes the medical abortion drugs mifepristone (marketed as Mifegyne) and misoprostol.

History

Mifepristone was originally developed by the French pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf.

In 1997, after buying the remaining 43.5% of Roussel-Uclaf stock in early 1997,^[1] Hoechst AG announced the end of its manufacture and sale of Mifegyne

1997, Exelgyn S.A. was founded, a single-product company immune to antiabortion boycotts, whose CEO was former Roussel-Uclaf CEO Édouard Sakiz. Hoeschst AG transferred all rights for medical uses of mifepristone (outside of the United States) to Exelgyn.^[2]

In 1999, Exelgyn won approval of Mifegyne in 11 additional countries.^[3] As of 2024, Exelgyn distributes mifepristone to 40 countries,^[4] but within the United States it is distributed by Danco Laboratories and GenBioPro.

References

1. News: Moore SD, Kamm T, Fleming C . 11 December 1996 . Hoechst to seek rest of Roussel-Uclaf; expected $3.04 billion offer would add to the wave of drug-sector linkups . The Wall Street Journal . A3.
   News: Marshall M . 11 December 1996 . Hoechst offers to pay $3.6 billion for rest of Roussel. The Wall Street Journal . A8.
   News: . 11 December 1996 . Hoechst to buy rest of Roussel . . D4 . subscription . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625124549/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/12/11/business/hoechst-to-buy-rest-of-roussel.html . 25 June 2016 .
2. News: Bloomberg News. 9 April 1997. Pill for abortion ends production. The New York Times. D2. live . subscription . https://web.archive.org/web/20160625134359/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/09/business/pill-for-abortion-ends-production.html. 25 June 2016.
   News: Jouzaitis C . 9 April 1997 . Abortion pill maker bows to boycott heat; German firm gives up RU-486 patent; little impact likely in U.S. . Chicago Tribune . 4 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130218193350/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/chicagotribune/access/11401570.html?dids=11401570%3A11401570&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS%3AFT . 18 February 2013 .
   News: Lavin D . 9 April 1997 . Hoechst will stop making abortion pill . The Wall Street Journal . A3.
   18 April 1997 . Roussel-Uclaf to transfer RU 486 rights . Reprod Freedom News . 6 . 7 . 8 . 12292550.
   Dorozynski A . 19 April 1997 . Boycott threat forces French company to abandon RU486 . BMJ . 314. 7088 . 1150 . 9146386 . 2126515 . 10.1136/bmj.314.7088.1145m.
3. Web site: 4 November 2009. List of mifepristone approval. New York. Gynuity Health Projects. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135110/http://gynuity.org/downloads/mife_approval_2009_list.pdf. 26 July 2011. 4 May 2018.
   Web site: 4 November 2009. Map of mifepristone approval. New York. Gynuity Health Projects. 11 June 2010. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110726135136/http://gynuity.org/downloads/Mife_approval_2009_map.pdf. 26 July 2011.
4. https://exelgyn.com/our-global-presence/