{"id":46,"date":"2024-02-07T09:13:57","date_gmt":"2024-02-07T07:13:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/gr\/?page_id=46"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:37:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T11:37:36","slug":"history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/greece\/en\/company\/history\/","title":{"rendered":"Our History"},"content":{"rendered":"    <section class=\"sub-page-banner bg-img\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/greece\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2025\/07\/Company-History.jpg)\">\n        <div class=\"container content-sec\">\n            <nav aria-label=\"breadcrumb\">\n            <ol class=\"breadcrumb\">\n                <li class=\"breadcrumb-item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/greece\/en\/\">Home<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item visible\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/greece\/en\/company\/\">Company<\/a><\/li><li class=\"breadcrumb-item active\"><a class=\"link-pointer-events-none\" href=\"#\" aria-current=\"page\">Our History<\/a><\/li><\/ol>\n            <\/nav>            <h1 class=\"visible\">Our History<\/h1>\n            <p class=\"visible\">90 years of expertise working in areas of high unmet medical need. <\/p>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/section>\n\n\n\u00a0\n<!-- Ipsen History Timeline Start -->\n<section class=\"history-pipeline\" >\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n  \t\t<h3 class=\"history-title heading-three\">\n\t\t\tIpsen\u2019s Milestones\t\t<\/h3>\n  \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"pagenum\" value=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"total-page\" id=\"total_page\" value=\"13\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"post_id\" id=\"post_id\" value=\"46\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"tot_load_post\" id=\"tot_load_post\" value=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"hidden\" class=\"start_inn\" id=\"start_inn\" value=\"5\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t  \t\t\t<div class=\"timeline-filter\">\n\t  \t\t\tPeriod \n\t\t\t\t<select aria-label=\"period\" name=\"period\" id=\"period\" onChange=\"getyears()\" tabindex=\"0\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"all\">All<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"2023\">2023<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"2022\">2022<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"2019\">2019<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"2016\">2016<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"2015\">2015<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"2011\">2011<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"2003\">2003<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"1995\">1995<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"1994\">1994<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"1986\">1986<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"1980\">1980<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"1970\">1970<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<option value=\"1929\">1929<\/option>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/select>\n  \t\t\t<\/div>\n  \t\t  \t\t<div id=\"loading\"\n\t\t  style=\"background-image: url('https:\/\/www.ipsen.com\/greece\/wp-content\/themes\/ipsen-main\/dist\/images\/loader.png');z-index: 9999;display: none;position: absolute;left: 50%;\">\n\t  \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"main-timeline\">\t\n   \t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-year-right\"  >\n\t\t\t<i class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> \n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>March 2023 <\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline left-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-history\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">                   \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-0\"><p><p><strong>Acquisition of Albireo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ipsen acquires rare liver disease specialist Albireo, bringing into its portfolio Bylvay<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> (odevixibat), a non-systemic ileal bile acid transport inhibitor for the treatment of pediatric patients with pruritus in progressive familial intrahepatic cholestasis (PFIC).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>              \n\t\t\t<\/div>        \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-year-left\"  >\n\t\t\t<i class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> \n\t\t\t\t\t<h5>August 2022 <\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-history\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">                   \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-0\"><p><p><strong>Acquisition of Epizyme<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ipsen successfully completed the acquisition of Epizyme and its lead medicine, Tazverik<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>(tazemetostat), a first-in-class, chemotherapy-free EZH2a inhibitor for adults with relapsed or refractory follicular lymphoma (FL), which was granted Accelerated Approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2020. As part of the transaction, Ipsen also acquired Epizyme\u2019s first-in-class, oral SETD2 inhibitor development candidate.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>              \n\t\t\t<\/div>        \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-year-right\"  >\n\t\t\t<i class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> \n\t\t\t\t\t<h5> 2019 <\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline left-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-history\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">                   \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-0\"><p><p><strong>Boosting Ipsen\u2019s capacities in Rare Diseases<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ipsen acquired Montreal-based Clementia Pharmaceuticals, specializing in rare bone diseases, Clementia brought a drug candidate, palovarotene, to Ipsen for a rare genetic disease, fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP).<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>              \n\t\t\t<\/div>        \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-year-left\"  >\n\t\t\t<i class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> \n\t\t\t\t\t<h5> 2016 <\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline right-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-history\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">                   \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-0\"><p><p><strong>Treatment approvals and asset acquisitions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dysport was approved in the United States for the treatment of lower limb spasticity in children aged two years and older. Ipsen also licensed cabozantinib from Exelixis, which received marketing authorization the same year for the second-line treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma. In January the following year, Ipsen announced the acquisition of certain assets of Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, including Onivyde<sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, for the treatment of pancreatic and ovarian cancer.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>              \n\t\t\t<\/div>        \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"custom-year-right\"  >\n\t\t\t<i class=\"far fa-clock\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i> \n\t\t\t\t\t<h5> 2015 <\/h5>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"timeline left-2\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-history\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body\">                   \n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"mb-0\"><p><p><strong>A new research hub is opened<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ipsen inaugurated a research and development center in Cambridge (Massachusetts), U.S.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>              \n\t\t\t<\/div>        \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"loader-more\" style=\"text-align:center\" 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