ALZA Corporation

ALZA Corporation is a pharmaceutical company founded in 1968 by Dr. Alejandro Zaffaroni. In May 2001, ALZA was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in a stock-for-stock transaction worth 10.5 billion dollars.

ALZA has developed and marketed many successful drug delivery platforms including:

• ALZAMER® Depot
• D-TRANS®
• DUROS® implant
• E-TRANS® electrotransport
• OROS® (Osmotic Release Oral Systems)
• Macroflux® transdermal system
• STEALTH® liposomal

Many products developed and manufactured by ALZA corporation are marketed by other pharmaceutical companies. These include, most notably:

• Catapres-TTS®
• Concerta®
• Ditropan XL®
• Duragesic®
• Nicoderm® CQ®
• Sudafed® 24 hour

Locations

ALZA Corporate Headquarters (http://www.vancebrown.com/Alza.html) is in Mountain View, California at the Shoreline Business Park.

ALZA operates a large-scale clean manufacturing facility in Vacaville, California and another large_scale facility in Cashel, Ireland.

Links

ALZA Corporation official webpage (http://www.alza.com)