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Article: Epinephrine Market Settles Down After Realignment of Last Year
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- Chemical Market Reporter
- Article date:
- February 24, 1997
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MARKET CONDITIONS FOR epinephrine, sometimes known as adrenaline, have improved drastically since a production shakeout in late 1995 interrupted supplies and caused a price spike for the synthetic hormone.
A list price of $2.37 per gram at the beginning of 1997 represents a jump of just 3 percent from year-end 1996 levels, but is a far cry from an upward adjustment of roughly 60 percent put in place at the beginning of 1996.
Boehringer Ingelheim makes its epinephrine at a dedicated plant at its site in Ingelheim, Germany. Material is distributed in the US by B.L Chemicals Inc., in Petersburg, Va., Boehringer's arm in the states.
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