How it started
2010–2019
On 18 February 2010, the FDA accepted a new drug application for JZP-6 (Sodium oxybate) for the treatment of Fibromyalgia. In the following December, a new patent was issued for Sodium Oxybate.
On September 19, 2011, Jazz Pharmaceuticals merged with Irish Azur Pharma plc to form Jazz Pharmaceuticals plc. The Azur Pharma seat in Dublin became the headquarters of the combined company. Azur Pharma had been marketing specialty pharmaceutical products in the central nervous system (CNS) and women's health areas with US operations in Philadelphia.
On 26 April 2012, the company acquired EUSA Pharma for $650 million (plus $50 million in milestone payments). In September, the company sold its Women's Health business to Meda for $95 million. In December, the company began clinical trial of intravenous Erwinaze in patients with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia.
In January 2014, the company announced it would acquire the rare disease drug developer Gentium SpA and its lead product Defitelio for $1 billion.
In May 2016, the company announced it would acquire Alizé Pharma II for $20.5 million. At the end of the same month, the company announced its then largest acquisition, with the purchase of Celator Pharmaceuticals for $1.5 billion. As a result, Jazz obtained the rights to breakthrough therapy Vyxeos (liposomal daunorubicin and cytarabine) for treatment of acute myeloid leukemia.
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