Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Limited was a
Ghana
Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and Tog ...
ian
pharmaceutical
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease. Drug therapy (pharmacotherapy) is an important part of the medical field an ...
company. It was established on September 24, 1965. The business entity was listed on the
stock index
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Two of the pr ...
of the
Ghana Stock Exchange
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, the
GSE All-Share Index
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Market listings
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.
The factory it ran is based in
Tesano, a suburb of Accra. The company's product portfolio included anti-hypertensives, hematinics, dermatological preparations, antibiotics, dewormers, pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs. In February 2010
Adcock Ingram
Adcock Ingram is a South African pharmaceutical manufacturer listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange. Adcock Ingram manufactures and markets healthcare products to both the private and public sectors.
Company organization
In 1995, five d ...
, a South African pharmaceutical company acquired 66% shares in the company.
In January 2020, Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Limited and two other domestic pharmaceutical companies, Dannex Limited and
Starwin Products
Starwin Products Ghana was a Ghanaian pharmaceutical manufacturer. It was the first pharmaceutical company to be listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange. It was a component of the GSE All-Share Index. The company produced 8 brand name products.
Histo ...
Limited, had already merged and listed on the GSE as
DAS Pharma.
References
External links
DAS Pharma official homepageGhanaWeb.comAyrton Drugs at AlacrastoreAyrton Drugs Stock Quote at Ghanastocks.net
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1965
Pharmaceutical companies of Ghana
Manufacturing companies based in Accra
Companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange
Ghanaian brands
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