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Guerbet:
Guerbet
Type Public (Euronext: GBT)
Founded 1926
Headquarters Flag of France 93420 Villepinte
Industry Pharmaceutical
Revenue 0.3 billion (2006)
Employees 1,250 (2006)
Website www.guerbet.com

Guerbet is a research-centered pharmaceutical company based in France that is one of the major players in the contrast agents business.

The company's main products are:

  • Xenetix (Iobitridol) - X-ray contrast agent marketed mainly in Europe;
  • Oxilan (Ioxilan) - X-ray contrast agent marketed mainly in the United States;
  • Dotarem (Gadoteric acid) - MRI contrast agent marketed mainly in Europe.

[edit] History

The company is named after the french chemist Marcel Guerbet (1861-1938) , who produced Lipiodol in 1901 and his son Andre Guerbert, who founded the company in 1926. The X-ray contrast properties of Lipiodol were discovered in 1918.




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