Last deal

$300M

Amount

Post-IPO Debt

Stage

21.12.2016

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1

all rounds

$300M

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date founded

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About Company
Sucampo is a biopharmaceutical company that develops and commercializes specialized medicines for unmet medical needs.

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founded date

01.01.1996

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Company Type

For Profit

Last funding type

Post-IPO Debt

IPO status

Private

Description

The company's products include AMITIZA and RESCULA, and they have a late-stage pipeline of product candidates in clinical development for orphan disease areas. Sucampo focuses on the development and commercialization of drugs based on prostones, a class of compounds derived from functional fatty acids that occur naturally in the human body. They are used for the treatment of chronic and idiopathic constipation, irritable bowel syndrome with constipation, and opioid-induced constipation, helping adult patients to live better lives. Sucampo is a global company with headquarters in Rockville, Maryland, and operations in Japan, Switzerland, and the U.K.
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Transaction name

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Number of Funding Rounds

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Money Raised

Their latest funding was raised on 21.12.2016. Their latest round Post-IPO Debt

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Money Raised 
Lead 
21.12.2016
$300M
Co-Investors
Acquisitions
2
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Date 
Price 
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People

Employee Profiles
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Kim Strain

Head of facilities and administrative services

Hermann Schulze

Senior director regulatory affairs

Greg Deener

Greg Deener

Sr. VP, Global Marketing and Strategy Implementation

Peter Lichtlen

Peter Lichtlen

Senior Medical Officer and the Vice President

Ryuji Ueno

Ryuji Ueno

CSO

Peter Greenleaf

Peter Greenleaf

Chief Executive Officer and a member of our Board of Directors

Glenn Noronha

Glenn Noronha

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