ViroPharma Incorporated
ViroPharma Incorporated was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Exton, Pennsylvania. ViroPharma Incorporated, a biopharmaceutical company, engages in the development and commercialization of products that address serious diseases with a focus on products used by physician specialists or in hospital settings in the United States and internationally. Its products include Vancocin HCl capsules for the treatment of antibiotic-associated pseudomembranous colitis caused by Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) and enterocolitis caused by Staphylococcus aureus, including methicillin-resistant strains; and Cinryze for the prevention of hereditary angioedema attacks. The company's products in development include Maribavir, which is in Phase III clinical development stage for the prevention and treatment of cytomegalovirus disease; and non-toxigenic strains of C. difficile, which is in preclinical stage for the treatment and prevention of CDI. It licensed the third product development candidate, an intranasal formulation of pleconaril, to Schering-Plough for the treatment of picornavirus infections in the U.S. and Canada. It sells its products directly to wholesale drug distributors, and specialty pharmacies/specialty distributors. The company has strategic relationships with Eli Lilly and Company, GlaxoSmithKline, Schering-Plough Corporation, and Sanofi-Aventis.
Contact Details
Office Address
ViroPharma Incorporated
730 Stockton Drive
Exton, PA, USA 19341
Phone: (610) 458-7300
Fax: (610) 458-7380
Executives
Chairman, Chief Exec. Officer and Pres.
Mr. Vincent J. Milano
Chief Financial Officer and VP
Mr. Charles A. Rowland Jr.