Bristol-Myers Squibb Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in New York, New York. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company, a global biopharmaceutical company, engages in discovering, developing, and delivering medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. The company focuses on the areas of serious unmet medical need, such as cardiovascular disease, mental illness, cancer, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C, rheumatoid arthritis, type 2 diabetes, solid organ transplantation, and Alzheimer's disease. Its lead products include cardiovascular medicines, including PLAVIX and AVAPRO/AVALIDE; ABILIFY, a medicine for the treatment of mental illness; ERBITUX, SPRYCEL, and IXEMPRA, which are cancer medicines; HIV medicines, such as REYATAZ, SUSTIVA, and ATRIPLA; BARACLUDE, a medicine for hepatitis B; ONGLYZA, a type 2 diabetes treatment; and ORENCIA, a medicine for rheumatoid arthritis. The company also has a pipeline with compounds in phase III clinical trials, including apixaban, dapagliflozin, ipilimumab, belatacept, and brivanib. It sells its products to wholesalers, distributors, retailers, hospitals, clinics, government agencies, and pharmacies. Bristol-Myers Squibb Company has agreements with Sanofi-Aventis; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Eli Lilly and Company; Gilead Sciences, Inc.; AstraZeneca PLC; Pfizer, Inc.; and various biotech companies.