Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that develops from the pigment cells known as melanocytes. It is caused due to high exposure to ultraviolet rays, which leads to sunburn, especially at high altitudes. Melanoma is categorized into three: cutaneous, mucosal, and ocular. Cutaneous affects the skin, mucosal affects the mucous membrane in the mouth and nasal passage, and ocular affect the eye.
Key Companies in the Melanoma Treatment Industry:
1) Merck & C. Inc.
Merck, is a pharmaceutical institution based in America. The company’s headquarters are situated in Rahway, New Jersey. The company gets its name from Merck Group that was established in Germany in the year 1668. In the year 2022 the company ranked 71st in the Fortune 500 companies list. And based on the revenues of 2021 it took the place as 87th in the Forbes Global 2000.
In September 2022, Merck announced its plans of acquiring Vence, a livestock management company, incorporating it within Merck Animal Health.
2) Sanofi S.A.
Sanofi S.A. is a multinational pharmaceutical company that engages in the research and development, of pharmacological products, in the prescription market. The firm cover therapeutic areas like Cardiovascular, central nervous system, diabetes, internal medicine. The company was founded in 973 and the headquarters are located in Paris, France. Products manufactured include Medications, Genetic drugs, Vaccines, Animal Health, etc.
In December, 2022 Sanofi expanded its collaboration with Innate Pharma, with Sanofi licensing a natural killer (NK) cell nagger program targeting B7H3 from Innate’s ANKET platform.
3) Hoffman-La Roche AG
Hoffman-La Roche AG, commonly known as Roche, is a Swiss multinational healthcare company known for operating worldwide. Roche is the fifth largest pharmaceutical company in the world by revenue, and also the leading provider of cancer treatments globally. The company was founded in the year 1896, and the headquarters are located in Basel, Switzerland. The company was founded by Fritz Hoffmann-La Roche.
In March 2021, Roche announced its plans of acquiring GenMark Diagnostics for U.S. $ 1.8 Billion. In September 2021, the company announced it would acquire German Biotech Group, TIB Molbiol.
4) AstraZeneca Plc.
AstraZeneca Plc. Is a multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. The company is known for manufacturing products for major diseases like Oncology, Cardiovascular, Infection, Respiratory and Inflammation. Apart from that, it has also been a part of developing the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine. The company was founded in 1999 and the headquarters are located in Cambridge, England, UK.
In July of 2021 AstraZeneca completed the acquisition of Alexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. In January of 2023, AstraZeneca also announced its plans to acquired CinCor a biopharmaceutical company based in the U.S.
5) Amgen Inc.
Amgen Inc. (Applied Molecular Genetics Inc.) is a biopharmaceutical company based in America. It is one of the world’s largest biotechnology company. The company was founded in the year 1980 on the 8th of April. The headquarters are located in Thousand Oaks, California, U.S. The company sells its products worldwide and some of them include Aimovig, Enbrel, Prolia, Xgeva, Nplate etc. The company was founded by William K.
In August 2022, Amgen agreed to acquire ChemoCentryx, a company that makes Tavneos, a drug treatment for rare diseases. Amgen acquired the company for US$ 3.7 Billion.
6) Novartis AG
Novartis AG is a Swiss pharmaceutical corporation founded in March 1996 by Johann Rudolf The headquarters are located in Basel Switzerland, Cambridge, The United States of America and Massachusetts. It is one of the largest Pharma based company incorporated. The drugs manufactured are sold worldwide. Total revenue earned as of 2022 is US 50.545 billion dollars.
In June, 2022 Novartis completed the acquisition of Kedalion Therapeutics and its AcuStream technology.
