Guerbet

Type	Public (Euronext: GBT)
Founded	1926
Headquarters	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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