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Alphapharm

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Alphapharm
Company typeSubsidiary
IndustryHealth care
Founded1982
HeadquartersSydney
Number of employees
600
ParentMylan Inc.
Websitealphapharm.com.au

Alphapharm is a generic drug manufacturing company based in Australia. Alphapharm manufactures many different generic pharmaceutical medicines and exports to 50 countries. It is owned by Mylan Pharmaceuticals (USA) which merged with Upjohn on November 16, 2020, to become Viatris. Alphapharm's logo is a green circle with a white lowercase alpha enclosed. Alphapharm is the greatest sole supplier to the Australian Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme by number of PBS subsidised prescriptions.[1]

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  1. ^ Australian Government Department of Health. "Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) | PBS Expenditure and Prescriptions Report 2020-21". Australian Government Department of Health. Retrieved 24 January 2022.
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