CSL Vifor, the Glossary
CSL Vifor is a global specialty pharmaceuticals company in the treatment areas of iron deficiency, dialysis, nephrology & rare disease.[1]
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- Chemical companies of Switzerland
- Companies based in St. Gallen (city)
- Pharmaceutical companies established in 1927
- Pharmaceutical companies of Switzerland
- Swiss companies established in 1927
Acute kidney injury
Acute kidney injury (AKI), previously called acute renal failure (ARF), is a sudden decrease in kidney function that develops within 7 days, as shown by an increase in serum creatinine or a decrease in urine output, or both.
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Anemia
Anemia or anaemia (British English) is a blood disorder in which the blood has a reduced ability to carry oxygen.
Aortic stenosis
Aortic stenosis (AS or AoS) is the narrowing of the exit of the left ventricle of the heart (where the aorta begins), such that problems result.
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Asia–Pacific
The Asia–Pacific (APAC) is the region of the world adjoining the western Pacific Ocean.
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Avacopan
Avacopan, sold under the brand name Tavneos, is a medication used to treat anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody-associated vasculitis.
Beta thalassemia
Beta thalassemias (β thalassemias) are a group of inherited blood disorders.
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Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News (originally Bloomberg Business News) is an international news agency headquartered in New York City and a division of Bloomberg L.P. Content produced by Bloomberg News is disseminated through Bloomberg Terminals, Bloomberg Television, Bloomberg Radio, Bloomberg Businessweek, Bloomberg Markets, Bloomberg.com, and Bloomberg's mobile platforms.
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Calcifediol
Calcifediol, also known as calcidiol, 25-hydroxycholecalciferol, or 25-hydroxyvitamin D3 (abbreviated 25(OH)D3), is a form of vitamin D produced in the liver by hydroxylation of vitamin D3 (cholecalciferol) by the enzyme vitamin D 25-hydroxylase.
Calciphylaxis
Calciphylaxis, also known as calcific uremic arteriolopathy (CUA) or “Grey Scale”, is a rare syndrome characterized by painful skin lesions.
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Canada
Canada is a country in North America.
Cardiology
Cardiology is the study of the heart.
Chronic kidney disease
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a type of long-term kidney disease, in which either there is a gradual loss of kidney function occurs over a period of months to years, or abnormal kidney structure (with normal function).
See CSL Vifor and Chronic kidney disease
CSL Limited
CSL Limited is an Australian multinational specialty biotechnology company that researches, develops, manufactures, and markets products to treat and prevent serious human medical conditions. CSL's product areas include blood plasma derivatives, vaccines, antivenom, and cell culture reagents used in various medical and genetic research and manufacturing applications.
Difelikefalin
Difelikefalin, sold under the brand name Korsuva, is an opioid peptide used for the treatment of moderate to severe itch.
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Epoetin alfa
Epoetin alfa, sold under the brand name Epogen among others, is a human erythropoietin produced in cell culture using recombinant DNA technology.
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Erythropoiesis-stimulating agent
Erythropoiesis-stimulating agents (ESA) are medications which stimulate the bone marrow to make red blood cells.
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ETH Zurich
ETH Zurich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich; Federal Institute of Technology Zurich) is a public research university in Zürich, Switzerland.
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations
The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) is a Brussels-based trade association and lobbying organisation, founded in 1978 and representing the pharmaceutical industry operating in Europe.
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Evotec
Evotec SE is a publicly listed drug discovery and development company headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.
Fresenius Medical Care
Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co.
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Galenica
Galenica AG, headquartered in Bern, is an internationally active Swiss pharmaceutical and logistics company group, named after the ancient physician Galenus. CSL Vifor and Galenica are Companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, pharmaceutical companies of Switzerland and Swiss companies established in 1927.
Glomerulosclerosis
Glomerulosclerosis is the hardening of the glomeruli in the kidney.
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Heart failure
Heart failure (HF), also known as congestive heart failure (CHF), is a syndrome caused by an impairment in the heart's ability to fill with and pump blood.
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Hyperkalemia
Hyperkalemia is an elevated level of potassium (K+) in the blood.
See CSL Vifor and Hyperkalemia
Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperparathyroidism is an increase in parathyroid hormone (PTH) levels in the blood.
See CSL Vifor and Hyperparathyroidism
Hyperphosphatemia
Hyperphosphatemia is an electrolyte disorder in which there is an elevated level of phosphate in the blood.
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IgA nephropathy
IgA nephropathy (IgAN), also known as Berger's disease (and variations), or synpharyngitic glomerulonephritis, is a disease of the kidney (or nephropathy) and the immune system; specifically it is a form of glomerulonephritis or an inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
See CSL Vifor and IgA nephropathy
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a group of inflammatory conditions of the colon and small intestine, with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) being the principal types.
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Iron deficiency
Iron deficiency, or sideropenia, is the state in which a body lacks enough iron to supply its needs.
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Iron polymaltose
Iron(III)-hydroxide polymaltose complex is a medication used to treat iron deficiency / iron deficiency anemia and belongs to the group of oral iron preparations.
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Iron sucrose
Intravenous iron sucrose is a commonly used treatment for iron deficiency anemia.
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Iron supplement
Iron supplements, also known as iron salts and iron pills, are a number of iron formulations used to treat and prevent iron deficiency including iron deficiency anemia.
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Iron-deficiency anemia
Iron-deficiency anemia is anemia caused by a lack of iron.
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Itch
An itch (also known as pruritus) is a sensation that causes a strong desire or reflex to scratch.
Kidney dialysis
Kidney dialysis (from Greek,, 'dissolution'; from,, 'through', and,, 'loosening or splitting') is the process of removing excess water, solutes, and toxins from the blood in people whose kidneys can no longer perform these functions naturally.
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Medication
A medication (also called medicament, medicine, pharmaceutical drug, medicinal drug or simply drug) is a drug used to diagnose, cure, treat, or prevent disease.
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta
Methoxy polyethylene glycol-epoetin beta, sold under the brand name Mircera, is a long-acting erythropoietin receptor activator (CERA) used for the treatment of anaemia associated with chronic kidney disease.
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Middle East
The Middle East (term originally coined in English Translations of this term in some of the region's major languages include: translit; translit; translit; script; translit; اوْرتاشرق; Orta Doğu.) is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, the Levant, Turkey, Egypt, Iran, and Iraq.
Nephrology
Nephrology is a specialty for both adult internal medicine and pediatric medicine that concerns the study of the kidneys, specifically normal kidney function (renal physiology) and kidney disease (renal pathophysiology), the preservation of kidney health, and the treatment of kidney disease, from diet and medication to renal replacement therapy (dialysis and kidney transplantation).
North America
North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.
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Opfikon
Opfikon (in the local Swiss German dialect)Andres Kristol/Gabrielle Schmid, Opfikon ZH (Bülach) in: Dictionnaire toponymique des communes suisses – Lexikon der schweizerischen Gemeindenamen – Dizionario toponomastico dei comuni svizzeri (DTS|LSG), Centre de dialectologie, Université de Neuchâtel, Verlag Huber, Frauenfeld/Stuttgart/Wien 2005, and Éditions Payot, Lausanne 2005,, p.
Over-the-counter drug
Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are medicines sold directly to a consumer without a requirement for a prescription from a healthcare professional, as opposed to prescription drugs, which may be supplied only to consumers possessing a valid prescription.
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Palma de Mallorca
Palma, also known as Palma de Mallorca (officially between 1983 and 1988, 2006–2008, and 2012–2016), is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of the Balearic Islands in Spain.
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Patient blood management
Patient Blood Management (PBM) is a set of medical practices designed to optimise the care of patients who might need a blood transfusion. Patient blood management programs use an organized framework to improve blood health, thus increasing patient safety and quality of life, reducing costs, and improving clinical outcomes.
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Patiromer
Patiromer, sold under the brand name Veltassa, is a medication used to treat high blood potassium.
Peripheral artery disease
Peripheral artery disease (PAD) is a vascular disorder that causes abnormal narrowing of arteries other than those that supply the heart or brain.
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Pfizer
Pfizer Inc. is an American multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology corporation headquartered at The Spiral in Manhattan, New York City.
Pharmaceutical industry
The pharmaceutical industry is an industry involved in medicine that discovers, develops, produces, and markets pharmaceutical goods for use as drugs that function by being administered to (or self-administered by) patients using such medications with the goal of curing and/or preventing disease (as well as possibly alleviating symptoms of illness and/or injury).
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Potassium
Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.
Public company
A public company is a company whose ownership is organized via shares of stock which are intended to be freely traded on a stock exchange or in over-the-counter markets.
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Rare disease
A rare disease is a disease that affects a small percentage of the population.
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Reuters
Reuters is a news agency owned by Thomson Reuters.
Roche
F. CSL Vifor and Roche are Companies listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, pharmaceutical companies of Switzerland and Swiss brands.
Schlieren
Schlieren (streaks) are optical inhomogeneities in transparent media that are not necessarily visible to the human eye.
Sickle cell disease
Sickle cell disease (SCD), also simply called sickle cell, is a group of hemoglobin-related blood disorders typically inherited.
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SIX Swiss Exchange
SIX Swiss Exchange (formerly SWX Swiss Exchange), based in Zürich, is Switzerland's principal stock exchange (the other being BX Swiss).
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South America
South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.
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Sparsentan
Sparsentan, sold under the brand name Filspari, is a medication used for the treatment of primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy.
St. Gallen
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Sucroferric oxyhydroxide
Sucroferric oxyhydroxide, sold under the brand name Velphoro, is a non-calcium, iron-based phosphate binder used for the control of serum phosphorus levels in adults with chronic kidney disease (CKD) on haemodialysis (HD) or peritoneal dialysis (PD).
See CSL Vifor and Sucroferric oxyhydroxide
Swiss franc
The Swiss franc, or simply the franc (Swiss German; franc; franco; franc), is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
Zurich
Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich.
See also
Chemical companies of Switzerland
- CSL Vifor
- Ciba Specialty Chemicals
- Clariant
- Compagnie industrielle de Monthey
- Ems-Chemie
- Firmenich
- Givaudan
- Omya
- Sika AG
- Sunstar Group
- Syngenta
- Wicor Holding
Companies based in St. Gallen (city)
Pharmaceutical companies established in 1927
- Bracco (company)
- CSL Vifor
Pharmaceutical companies of Switzerland
- Actelion
- Alcon
- Alliance Boots
- Basilea Pharmaceutica
- CSL Vifor
- Cilag
- Debiopharm
- DocMorris
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Galderma
- Galenica
- Health Valley
- Idorsia
- Life sciences industry in Switzerland
- Molecular Partners
- Mondobiotech
- Novartis
- Novimmune
- Nycomed
- Octapharma
- Relief Therapeutics
- Roche
- Sandoz
- Serono
- Sio Gene Therapies
- Vyera Pharmaceuticals
- Weleda
Swiss companies established in 1927
- CSL Vifor
- Foster Wheeler
- Galenica
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSL_Vifor
Also known as Vifor Pharma.
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