Chiron Corporation
American biotechnology firm (1981-2006) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dear Wikiwand AI, let's keep it short by simply answering these key questions:
Can you list the top facts and stats about Chiron Corporation?
Summarize this article for a 10 year old
Chiron Corporation (/ˈkaɪrɒn/ KY-ron)[1] was an American multinational biotechnology firm founded in 1981, based in Emeryville, California, that was acquired by Novartis on April 20, 2006. It had offices and facilities in eighteen countries on five continents. Chiron's business and research was in three main areas: biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, and blood testing. Chiron's vaccines and blood testing units were combined to form Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, while Chiron BioPharmaceuticals was integrated into Novartis Pharmaceuticals. In 2014, Novartis completed the sale of its blood transfusion diagnostics unit to Grifols and announced agreements for the sale of its vaccines unit to GlaxoSmithKline.[2]
Company type | Subsidiary |
---|---|
Industry | Biotechnology |
Founded | 1981 |
Defunct | April 20, 2006; 18 years ago (2006-04-20) |
Fate |
|
Headquarters | Emeryville, California, USA |
Products | Biopharmaceuticals, vaccines, blood testing |
Revenue | $1.921 billion (2005) |
Number of employees | 5,400 (2005) |
Website | www.chiron.com |