please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message guerbet industry pharmaceutical founded 1926 headquarters villepinte revenue 0.489 billion 2015 number of employees 2 500 2015 slogan contrast for life website www.guerbet.com guerbet is a research centered pharmaceutical company based in france that is one of the major players in the contrast agents business . the company s main products are dotarem gadoteric acid mri contrast agent . launched on the french market in 1989 dotarem is currently available in over 70 countries . xenetix iobitridol x ray contrast agent . in 1994 xenetix obtained its first marketing authorization in france . originally packaged in vials it has also been available since 2006 in the form of a polypropylene softbag known as scanbag by xenetix . xenetix is present in 68 countries and continues to expand in asia and south america . lipiodol iodinated ethyl esters of fatty acids of poppyseed oil irt x ray contrast agent . discovered by marcel guerbet in 1901 lipiodol was the first iodinated contrast agent used in the world . it was first used in radiology in france in 1921 . flowsens injection solution for contrast media and saline injection in ct medical imaging history edit the company is named after the french chemist marcel guerbet 1861 1938 who produced lipiodol in 1901 and his son andr guerbert who founded the company in 1926 . the x ray contrast properties of lipiodol were discovered in 1918 . on july 27 2015 guerbet announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement under which it will acquire mallinckrodt s contrast media and delivery systems business cmds . on november 27 2015 guerbet completed acquisition of mallinckrodt s contrast media and delivery systems business cmds for 270m in cash financed by bnp paribas . 1 references edit news . www.guerbet.com . retrieved 2016 03 21 . http www.guerbet.com this article about a medical pharmaceutical or biotechnological corporation or company is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title guerbet & oldid 730969057 categories companies of francemedical company stubshidden categories articles needing additional references from november 2015all articles needing additional referencesall stub articles 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 languages deutschfran aisti ng vi t edit links this page was last modified on 22 july 2016 at 01 25 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view