Sucampo Pharmaceuticals

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
IndustryPharmaceutical industry
Founded1996 (1996)
DefunctFebruary 12, 2018 (2018-02-12)
FateAcquired by Mallinckrodt
HeadquartersRockville, Maryland
Key people
Peter Greenleaf (CEO and (Chairman)
Andrew P. Smith (CFO)
ProductsAmitiza
Revenue $230 million (2016)
$18 million (2016)
Total assets $520 million (2016)
Total equity $167 million (2016)
Number of employees
139 (2017)
Websitewww.sucampo.com 
Footnotes / references

Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Rockville, Maryland that focused on gastroenterology, ophthalmology, and oncology-related disorders. In 2018, the company was acquired by Mallinckrodt.

Sucampo had two marketed products, Amitiza, which treats constipation issues and Rescula, which helps treat ocular hypertension and open-angle glaucoma. Takeda Pharmaceutical Company had a license to distribute Rescula globally except for in Japan and China. The company had two Phase III drugs in development for rare diseases — one for Niemann-Pick Type C and the other for familial adenomatous polyposis, which can cause colon cancer if untreated.