Scientific Protein Laboratories is a bio-pharmaceutical company established in

Waunakee, Wisconsin Waunakee () is a village in Dane County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 14,879 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Madison Metropolitan Statistical Area. Waunakee bills itself as "The Only Waunakee in the World". History When t ...

in 1976 by

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.Judy Newman.
Waunakee's Scientific Protein Labs to be acquired by Chinese company for $337 million
. ''Wisconsin State Journal'', December 27, 2013. "Scientific Protein Laboratories — a Waunakee company spun off from Oscar Mayer Foods nearly 40 years ago"

History

In 2004 SPL was acquired by Arsenal Capital Partners for $81 million, today. In 2014 it was acquired by the Chinese company Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical. The company was a victim, along with other pharmaceutical companies, of the

2008 Chinese heparin adulteration 2008 Chinese heparin adulteration, refers to heparin adulteration incidents that occurred in the United States of America in 2008. Pharmaceutical company Baxter International subcontracted the creation of precursor chemicals of heparin to Scientifi ...

. The company harvests

heparin Heparin, also known as unfractionated heparin (UFH), is a medication and naturally occurring glycosaminoglycan. Since heparins depend on the activity of antithrombin, they are considered anticoagulants. Specifically it is also used in the trea ...

from pig's intestines in the United States and Canada and

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and supplies the crude heparin to

Baxter Travenol Baxter International Inc. is an American multinational healthcare company with headquarters in Deerfield, Illinois. The company primarily focuses on products to treat kidney disease, and other chronic and acute medical conditions. The company ...

and other pharmaceutical companies throughout the world.

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*{{official website, http://www.spl-pharma.com/ 1976 establishments in Wisconsin Dane County, Wisconsin Companies based in Wisconsin Biotechnology companies established in 1976