Ipsen Company Description

Ipsen S.A., a biopharmaceutical company, develops and commercializes medicines in the areas of oncology, rare disease, and neuroscience worldwide.

Its oncology products include Somatuline for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors and acromegaly; Cabometyx, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor to treat second line pancreatic and extra-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors; Onivyde, an irinotecan liposome injection for the treatment of pancreatic cancer; Decapeptyl for the treatment of advanced metastatic prostate cancer; Tazverik, a chemotherapy-free EZH2a inhibitor that is in phase III clinical trial for the treatment of second line follicular lymphoma; Tovorafenib that is in phase III clinical trial to treat first line pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas and is In phase II clinical trial for the treatment of relapsed/refractory pediatric Low-Grade Gliomas; and IPN01194 and IPN01195 that is in phase I to treat solid tumors.

The company is also developing products for rare disease comprising Bylvay for the treatment of progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis; Iqirvo, a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist to treat primary biliary cholangitis; NutropinAq, a liquid formulation of recombinant human growth hormone; Increlex, a recombinant human insulin-like growth factor; Fidrisertib that is in phase II clinical trial for the treatment of fibrodysplasia ossificans progressive; Ritivixibat that is in phase II clinical trial to treat primary sclerosing cholangitis.

In addition, it develops neuroscience products, such as Dysport that is in phase III clinical trial for the treatment of chronic and episodic migraine; and IPN10200 that is in phase II to treat aesthetic and therapeutic indications.

The company has a partnership with Simcere Zaiming Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. for the development of SIM0613, a protein expressed on varies tumor types and cancer-associated fibroblasts.

The company was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Paris, France.