industry biotechnology headquarters dublin ireland 1 key people richard pops ceo revenue us 187 million 2 operating income us 42.9 million net income us 39.6 million total assets us 452 million total equity us 392 million number of employees 1200 website www.alkermes.com alkermes plc is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on central nervous system cns diseases . the company is the result of a merger in september 2011 between alkermes inc. and elan drug technologies edt the former drug formulation and manufacturing division of lan corporation plc. 3 the company is headquartered in dublin and has an r & d center in waltham massachusetts and manufacturing facilities in athlone ireland and wilmington ohio . 1 products edit alkermes has more than 20 commercial drug products and candidates that address serious and chronic diseases such as addiction schizophrenia diabetes and depression . among these products five are primary to the company risperidone long acting injection generic for risperdal consta for schizophrenia and bipolar 1 disorder 4 5 paliperidone palmitate generic for invega sustenna in the u.s. xeplion in europe for schizophrenia 6 7 4 aminopyridine generic for ampyra in the u.s. fampyra in europe to improve walking in patients with multiple sclerosis 8 9 naltrexone for extended release injectable suspension generic for vivitrol for alcohol and opioid dependence 10 11 and exenatide extended release for injectable suspension generic for bydureon for the treatment of type 2 diabetes . bydureon is a once weekly extended release form of the drug exenatide byetta and was developed through a partnership between amylin pharmaceuticals alkermes and eli lilly . it is approved in europe and the u.s. 12 alks 5461 a opioid receptor antagonist is a next generation novel antidepressant which is under development by alkermes for treatment resistant depression . 13 references edit a b robert weisman 10 may 2011 . alkermes to buy irish drug maker . boston globe . 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for type 2 diabetes webmd january 27 2012 harrison charlotte 2013 . trial watch opioid receptor blocker shows promise in phase ii depression trial . nature reviews drug discovery . 12 6 415 415 . doi 10.1038 nrd4028 . issn 1474 1776 . v t e pharmaceutical companies of the united states abbott laboratories acorda therapeutics actavis aderis pharmaceuticals adolor corporation alcon alexion pharmaceuticals alkermes allergan alza amgen amylin pharmaceuticals ariad pharmaceuticals aryx therapeutics avax technologies baxter international biocryst pharmaceuticals biogen biolex biovest biovista bradley pharmaceuticals bristol myers squibb cancervax century pharmaceuticals cephalon ceragenix pharmaceuticals combe incorporated cortex pharmaceuticals cotherix covance covidien cubist pharmaceuticals cutter laboratories cytosport cytrx danco laboratories dnaprint genomics epix pharmaceuticals eli lilly and company elorac endo pharmaceuticals ethicon endo surgery ethicon inc. forest laboratories galena biopharma genvec genentech genta gilead sciences hospira imclone systems institute for oneworld health intercept pharmaceuticals ista pharmaceuticals ivax corporation janssen biotech johnson & johnson kinetic concepts king pharmaceuticals kinray kv pharmaceutical leiner health products mallinckrodt martek biosciences corporation s. e. massengill company mckesson corporation mcneil laboratories melior discovery mentholatum merck & co. miles laboratories mylan myriad genetics naurex nereus pharmaceuticals northwest biotherapeutics norwich pharma services novabay pharmaceuticals nuvelo organon international ortho pharmaceutical ortho mcneil pharmaceutical osi pharmaceuticals ovation pharmaceuticals par pharmaceutical parke davis perrigo pfizer pharmaceutical product development prasco laboratories procter & gamble proteon therapeutics purdue pharma qualitest quark pharmaceuticals regeneron repros therapeutics rib x pharmaceuticals sarepta therapeutics savage laboratories schering plough g. d. searle & company sheffield pharmaceuticals smith kline & french spectrum pharmaceuticals sterling drug tanox tap pharmaceutical products tec laboratories teva pharmaceutical industries tiens biotech group titan pharmaceuticals trevena inc trubion upjohn upsher smith laboratories valeant pharmaceuticals ventria bioscience vertex pharmaceuticals verus pharmaceuticals vion pharmaceuticals inc. viropharma west pharmaceutical services wyeth zonite products corporation list of pharmaceutical companies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title alkermes company & oldid 732079515 categories pharmaceutical companies of the united statescompanies in the nasdaq biotechnology indexbiotechnology companies of the united statescompanies based in massachusettscompanies based in cambridge massachusettscompanies listed on nasdaqlife sciences industry navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read 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