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Organon is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Roseland, New Jersey that is part of Akzo Nobel. Map of Roseland in Essex County Roseland is a borough located in Essex County, New Jersey. ... Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. ...


Organon deals in the following core therapeutic fields: reproductive medicine, contraception, psychiatry, HRT and anesthesia. Organon sells to international markets. Reproductive endocrinology (RE) is a medical subspecialty that addresses hormonal functioning as it pertains to reproduction. ... Psychiatry is a branch of medicine dealing with the prevention, assessment, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mind and mental illness. ... HRT is an abbreviation that can stand for: The Hartwell Railroad Company (AAR reporting mark HRT) High rising terminal, a feature of speech Hormone replacement therapy Hormone replacement therapy (trans) for transgender people The Hostage Rescue Team of the US Federal Bureau of Investigations Hrvatska Radiotelevizija, the Croatian public broadcasting... Anesthesia or anaesthesia (see spelling differences) has traditionally meant the condition of having the perception of pain and other sensations blocked. ...


Organon was founded by Dr.Saal van Zwanenberg in Oss, the Netherlands, in 1923 as Zwanenberg-Organon. Its first product was insulin. In the thirties it manufactured estrogens. The production of cortison was initiated in 1953. The now named Koninklijke Zwanenberg-Organon (KZO) fused with the fiber producer AKU in 1969 to become AKZO, later Akzo Nobel. Organon is the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel and transferred its headquarters to the USA while the main headquarter of Akzo Nobel remains in Arnhem. Manufacturing facilities are in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, China, Japan, and the USA. Oss is a municipality and a city in the southern Netherlands, in the province of North Brabant. ... Insulin (from Latin insula, island, as it is produced in the Islets of Langerhans in the pancreas) is an anabolic polypeptide hormone that regulates carbohydrate metabolism. ... Estriol. ... Cortisone (ˈkôrtəˌsōn or -zōn, IPA: or -)) (17-hydroxy-11-dehydrocorticosterone) is a steroid hormone. ... Akzo Nobel is a multinational company, active in the fields of healthcare products, coatings and chemicals. ... Arnhem ( ) (South Guelderish: Èrnem) is a city and municipality in the east of the Netherlands, and capital of province Gelderland. ...


Products include: Remeron, Remeron SolTab, Sustanon, Deca-Durabolin, Pregnyl and a variety of other contraceptive products. Mirtazapine is a prescription antidepressant introduced by Organon in 1996, and marketed under the tradename Remeron® (also: Zispin®, Avanza®, Norset®, Remergil®). It is used primarily for the treatment of clinical depression in adults. ... Sustanon 250 is a trade name for an oil-based injectable blend of four testosterone compounds: 30mg testosterone propionate 60mg testosterone phenylpropionate 60mg testosterone isocaproate 100mg testosterone decanoate The different testosterone esters have unique half lives. ... Deca-Durabolin is an anabolic steroid. ... Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a peptide hormone produced in pregnancy, that is made by the embryo soon after conception and later by the syncytiotrophoblast (part of the placenta). ...


As of March 12, 2007, Organon International has been acquired by Schering Plough [1]. // Schering-Plough Corporation is a pharmaceutical company which traces its history back to 1851 when Ernst Schering founded Schering in Germany. ...


References

1. "Schering-Plough to Acquire Organon BioSciences,"

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Organon International - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (445 words)
Organon's core therapeutic fields are: reproductive medicine, contraception, psychiatry and anesthesia.
Organon was founded by Dr.Saal van Zwanenberg in Oss, the Netherlands, in 1923 as Zwanenberg-Organon.
Organon is the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel and transferred its headquarters to the USA while the main headquarter of Akzo Nobel remains in Arnhem.
Organon - Danmark (553 words)
Organon strives to be one of the top global pharmaceutical companies in each of its core therapeutic fields: gynecology, central nervous system, cardiovascular disease and anesthesiology.
Organon products are sold in over 100 countries, of which more than 60 have an Organon subsidiary.
Organon International Inc. is the human health care business unit of Akzo Nobel.
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