Shire Overview

Life ScienceCompany

Where is Shire headquartered?

Shire is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.

What is Shire’s revenue?

Shire disclosed revenue of 6,416M USD for 2015 and 6,022M USD for 2014.

How many employees does Shire have?

Shire has 5,548 employees.

What sector is Shire in?

Shire is a life science company.

When was Shire founded?

Shire was founded in 1986.

Shire plc

5 Riverwalk Citywest Business Campus,
Dublin, 24
Ireland,
+353 1 429 7700
www.shire.com

Shire plc is a global specialty biopharmaceutical company. Shire plc strive to develop best-in-class therapies across a core of rare disease areas including hematology, immunology, genetic diseases, neuroscience, and internal medicine with growing therapeutic areas in ophthalmics and oncology. Our diversified capabilities enable us to reach patients in more than 100 countries who are struggling to live their lives to the fullest.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (0.0/yr) # 16 - - - - - 16
vol $49.4B $49.4B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 3 - - - - - 3
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