bmad grf nasdaq grfs industry pharmaceuticals chemicals founded 1940 headquarters barcelona catalonia spain key people v ctor grifols chairman and ceo products plasma derivatives in vitro diagnostic products non biological products for laboratories and hospitals revenue 3 934.6 million 2015 3 355.4 million 2014 1 8 operating income 970.4 million 2015 857.7 million 2014 1 8 profit 532.1 million 2015 470.3 million 2014 1 8 total assets 9 601.7 million 2015 8 449.7 million 2014 1 6 total equity 3 301.4 million 2015 2 662.9 million 2014 1 7 number of employees 13 731 2015 average 12 938 2014 average 1 64 website www.grifols.com grifols s.a. catalan i f s is a spanish multinational pharmaceutical and chemical company . principally a producer of blood plasma based products a field in which it is the european leader and largest worldwide 2 3 the company also supplies devices instruments and reagents for clinical testing laboratories . contents 1 main products 2 main operations 3 ownership 4 history 5 references 6 further reading 7 external links main products edit grifols is the major world supplier of ivig albumin factor viii and other plasma derived products . main operations edit in 2007 the company had 3.6 million litres per year of blood fractionation capacity from three plants one at parets del vall s near barcelona in spain 2.1 million litres per year another in los angeles 1.5 million litres but being expanded to 2.2 million litres and a site in clayton nc . in the united states the company owns 153 plasmapheresis centres where it collects around 5.8 million litres of plasma per year . ownership edit grifols was listed on the madrid stock exchange in may 2006 . 4 the stock became part of the ibex 35 index in january 2008 . history edit human immunoglobulin for anti tetanus use and antithrombin produced by grifols . grifols origin lies in the laboratory founded in 1940 in barcelona by dr jos a. grifols roig a hematologist and scientist . dr grifols was the first researcher to publish the plasmapheresis procedure in 1951 . the company introduced its liquid ivig product into the european market in the mid 1990s . probitas pharma s.a. was incorporated with high limited liability under spanish law on 22 june 1987 ; on 27 june 2005 the company changed its name to grifols s.a. 5 in 2003 the company acquired certain assets of the los angeles based alpha therapeutic us subsidiary of mitsubishi pharma as the basis of its american expansion . 6 on may 17 2006 grifols securities were listed on spain s mercado continuo . 7 in 2009 csl limited attempted to takeover talecris biotherapeutics the former plasma business of bayer healthcare llc biological products division 8 for 3 1 billion but was stopped by the federal trade commission . 9 on june 1 2011 a year after announcing the 4 billion deal grifols completed a takeover of talecris biotherapeutics headquartered in research triangle park in north carolina with over 2000 employees . 10 grifols acquired the blood transfusion diagnostics unit from novartis in 2013 as a platform for global expansion . 3 this unit is based in emeryville california and was a part of chiron acquired by novartis in 2006 . 3 in 2015 the company acquired a 45 % stake in alkahest as part of planned co development of plasma based products for the treatment of cognitive decline in aging and disorders of the cns including alzheimer s. 11 references edit a b c d e f group annual consolidated accounts auditors report and directors report for the financial year 2015 . grifols . retrieved 2016 06 10 . self published source smyth sharon ; gore gareth 23 june 2008 . santander sabadell sol melia urbas iberia preview . bloomberg . archived from the original on 23 october 2012 . retrieved 2009 01 18 . a b c staff december 2013 . novartis sells blood transfusion dx unit to grifols . genetic engineering & biotechnology news paper . 33 21 . p. 10 . dowsett sonya 19 january 2007 . blood firm grifols sees 2006 sales up 22 pct . reuters . retrieved 2009 01 18 . grifols s.a. formerly probitas pharma s.a. and subsidiaries consolidated annual accounts prepared in accordance with international financial reporting standards as adopted for use in the european union and consolidated directors report . 31 december 2005 . retrieved 2016 02 03 . self published source mitsubishi pharma to withdraw from us plasma fractionation business as us subsidiary transfers operations press release . mitsubishi pharma corporation . 10 april 2003 . retrieved 2016 02 03 . staff 1 may 2006 . news in brief third time lucky for grifols . financial news . london . retrieved 2016 02 03 . announcing the launch of talecris biotherapeutics press release . talecris . 1 april 2005 . retrieved 2016 02 03 via businesswire . ftc authorizes suit to stop csls proposed 3.1 billion acquisition of talecris biotherapeutics . 2009 05 27 . retrieved 2016 02 03 . wolf alan m. 2011 06 02 . spanish buyer set to take over talecris . news & observer . retrieved 2011 06 02 . staff 1 april 2015 . grifols makes 37.5 m investment in alkahest . news industry watch . genetic engineering & biotechnology news paper . 35 7 10 . further reading edit http openaccess.uoc.edu webapps o2 bitstream 10609 13101 1 grifols % 20factores % 20competitividad % 20a % 20largo % 20plazo.pdf external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to grifols . companies portal official website v t e ibex 35 companies of spain abengoa abertis acs amadeus it group arcelormittal banco bilbao vizcaya argentaria banco popular espa ol banco sabadell banco santander bankia bankinter bolsas y mercados espa oles caixabank dia enag s ferrovial fomento de construcciones y contratas gamesa corporaci n tecnol gica gas natural grifols iberdrola inditex indra sistemas international airlines group jazztel mapfre mediaset espa a comunicaci n obrasc n huarte lain red el ctrica de espa a repsol sacyr vallehermoso t cnicas reunidas telef nica viscofan retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title grifols & oldid 724730525 categories companies listed on nasdaqpharmaceutical companies of spaincompanies established in 1940companies based in barcelonaibex 351940 establishments in spaincompanies listed on the madrid stock exchangespanish brandshidden categories accuracy disputes from june 2016commons category with local link same as on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages catal deutschespa ol fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 11 june 2016 at 03 26 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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