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Market Cap:$167.2M
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$52.8M
  • Public
  • US
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Akorn, Inc. manufactures and markets sterile specialty pharmaceuticals. Akorn has manufacturing facilities located in Decatur, Illinois and Somerset, New Jersey and markets and distributes an extensive line of hospital and ophthalmic pharmaceuticals.

Interim Chief Executive Officer
Rajat Rai
Number of Employees 351
Contact Information

2500 Millbrook Dr

Buffalo Grove, Illinois 60089

www.akorn.com

1 847 279 6100

NAICS Code Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing: 325412

Recent Events

  • Akorn AKRX Posts Q3 Loss of $0.06, Beats By 2c

    11/10/09 - Financial Announcement - View Story

  • Akorn Slips To Q3 Loss - Update

    11/10/09 - Product Announcement - View Story

  • Akorn, Inc. AKRX Acquires Eli Lilly's LLY Capastat Sulfate

    6/17/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

  • Akorn Acquires Capastat Sulfate from Eli Lilly and Company

    6/17/09 - Merger / Acquisition - View Story

News & Analysis

akorn inc. and company - All News and Analysis

Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Rajat Rai Interim Chief Executive Officer
Timothy A. Dick Chief Financial Officer
Abu Alam Senior Vice President, Res
John R. Sabat Senior Vice President of National Accounts & Trade Relations
David White Vice President, New Prod Development
Jay Stern Vice President, Contract Manufacturing
Mark M. Silverberg Vice President, Global Quality & Regulatory Compliance
Marshall Goodwin Vice President, Global Quality & Regulatory Compliance
Neill Shanahan Vice President, HR
Russell A. Gall Vice President & General Manager, Operations
Chris Vogel Manager, Sales
Joseph Bonaccorsi Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary
Michael P Stehn

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
John N. Kapoor Chairman
Arjun C. Waney Board of Directors
Jerry I. Treppel Board of Directors
Jerry N. Ellis Board of Directors
Ronald M. Johnson Board of Directors

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Interim Chief Executive Officer Current
Missouri River Hospice Board of Directors Current
Sequal Technologies, Inc. Director Current
Salient Business Solutions Limited Board of Directors Current
Walgreen Option Care Chief Executive Officer Former
Option Care of Sparta President & Chief Executive Officer Former
Walgreen Option Care President Former
Walgreen Option Care Executive Vice President of Operations Former
Walgreen Option Care Board of Directors Former
Wayne State University M.B.A. In Finance Former

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Chief Financial Officer Current

* An accomplished executive in the pharmaceutical industry with over 35 years experience. Dr. Alam joined Akorn in 1997. * Dr. Alam has a strong technical background with respect to Chemistry Manufacturing and Control, Preclinical and Clinical research on drug development including putting deals with global and domestic partners. * Prior to Akorn, Dr. Alam held many Senior Management positions in the pharmaceutical industry and venture businesses such as: EJ Financial, Lyphomed, Fujisawa, American Critical Care, Adria Laboratories, Rohm & Haas and Warren-Teed. * Dr. Alam served as management consultant to NeoPharm, Carbomed, Criticare and Unimed. * Credentials include presentations to the FDA Advisory Committees, 40 published papers, abstracts and presentations; 14 US patents and an adjunct professor at the University of Illinois. * Dr. Alam is on the Editorial Board of American Pharmaceutical Outsourcing. * Holds a B.S. degree in Pharmacy from Philadelphia College of Pharmacy & Science, M.S. and Ph.D. from University of Iowa.

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Senior Vice President, Res Current
APP Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Former
Rohm & Haas Company Former
NeoPharm, Inc. Former

- With a career encompassing over 32 years in the Pharmaceutical industry, Mr. Sabat is widely recognized as a leader and one of the premier National Account executives in the pharmaceutical industry.

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Senior Vice President of National Accounts & Trade Relations Current
Gold Line Corporation Former

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Vice President, New Prod Development Current

- Holding variety of progressively responsible leadership positions in the healthcare industry, Mr. Stern brings to Akorn a proven, successful track record of over 17 years of experience in the pharmaceutical and medical device areas.

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Vice President, Contract Manufacturing Current
VHA Inc. Former

* An accomplished multi-disciplinary executive with 34 years experience, Mr. Silverberg joined Akorn in April 2005. * Mr. Silverberg directs Akorn's manufacturing operations, global Quality Assurance and Research and Development programming. He is responsible for the company's drug product formulation, filling and packaging facilities, warehousing and distribution, Quality / Microbiological / R&D laboratories, as well as Regulatory Compliance / Regulatory Affairs and relationship management with FDA and other domestic and international regulatory authorities. * Mr. Silverberg joined Akorn after a successful, thirty-year career at Abbott Laboratories, where he served at the Director level in several division and corporate level positions – including the Hospital Product Divisions (HPD), Pharmaceutical Products Division (PPD), Abbott Diagnostics Division (ADD) and Corporate Quality Assurance / Regulatory Affairs. * He directed divisional and corporate support activities for large volume, small volume injectable products and oral dosage drugs, as well as medical device product lines. * He holds a B.S. Biology from Marquette University.

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Vice President, Global Quality & Regulatory Compliance Current

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Vice President, Global Quality & Regulatory Compliance Current

* With over 20 years of broad-based experience in employee relations, training, compensation/benefits design and administration, Mr. Shanahan joined Akorn in 2000 as the company’s first Human Resources executive. * Mr. Shanahan has supported substantial business units, including both headquarters and operating groups and he has led plant start-up teams. * Prior to joining Akorn, he has held progressively responsible management positions in the Human Resources field including: o Manager, Human Resources at Qualex Inc, a subsidiary of Eastman Kodak, where he supported 25 high-volume, technology-based photo-finishing plants, 4000 employees and $600 million in sales. o Additionally, Mr. Shanahan held several positions with Emery Worldwide, Inc, a subsidiary of CNF Inc., where he supported US and Canadian operations with 1500 employees and $400 million in sales. At Emery, Mr. Shanahan developed and implemented manpower planning and management training programs on a corporate level.

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Vice President, HR Current
Con-Way Inc. Former

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Vice President & General Manager, Operations Current

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Manager, Sales Current

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary Current
Walgreen Option Care General Counsel Current
Missouri River Hospice Board of Directors Current
Walgreen Option Care Senior Vice President Former
Walgreen Option Care Secretary Former
Loyola University Chicago Juris Doctor Degree Former
Northwestern University Bachelor of Science Degree Former

* In this position, he provides overall management and leadership to the Manufacturing, Engineering and Contract Services departments and is responsible for strategic and operational planning. * Prior to joining Akorn in 1990, Mr. Stehn served as director of quality assurance and regulatory compliance with Carlisle Laboratories, a division of Rugby Darby. Mr. Stehn spent 11 years in various quality and regulatory positions with Carlisle Laboratories and has over 25 years of combined experience within the sterile pharmaceutical industry including SVP's, ointments, gels and medical devices. * Mr. Stehn holds a bachelor's degree in science with an emphasis on Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry from Fairleigh Dickinson University. He serves as a member of the Parenteral Drug Association.

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Current
Fairleigh Dickinson University bachelor's degree in science with an emphasis on Microbiology and Clinical Chemistry Former

John N. Kapoor is a co-founder of Insys and has served as the Chairman of our board of directors since our inception. Dr. Kapoor has served as the President and Chairman of the board of directors of EJ Financial Enterprises, since forming the company in 1990. Dr. Kapoor is also the Managing Partner of Kapoor-Pharma Investments, an investment company that he founded in 2000. Dr. Kapoor serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Akorn, a publicly traded specialty pharmaceutical company, where he served as the Chief Executive Officer from March 2001 to December 2002 and from May 1996 to November 1998. Dr. Kapoor also serves as the chairman of the board of directors of Option Care, a specialty pharmaceutical services company, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from August 1993 to April 1996. In addition, Dr. Kapoor serves as chairman of the board of directors of NeoPharm and serves as a member of the board of directors of Introgen Therapeutics, both publicly traded biopharmaceutical companies. Dr. Kapoor received his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a B.S. in pharmacy from Bombay University in India.

Organization Position Status
Insys Therapeutics, Inc Co-Founder Current
Walgreen Option Care Chairman of the Board of Directors Current
Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Current
NeoPharm, Inc. Chairman of the Board of Directors Current
Missouri River Hospice Chairman Current
Akorn, Inc. Chairman Current
Akorn, Inc. Chairman Current
Walgreen Option Care Chief Executive Officer Former
Walgreen Option Care President Former
S-Board Ltd. Chairman Former
Introgen Therapeutics, Inc. Board of Directors Former
State University of New York at Buffalo Ph.D. In Medicinal Chemistry Former
The State University of New York Ph.D. In Medicinal Chemistry Former
Bombay University B.S. Degree Former

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Elite Pharmaceuticals, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Akorn, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Healthcare Services Analyst Former
Able Laboratories, Inc. Board of Directors Former

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
Akorn, Inc. Board of Directors Current
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     AKRX $1.84 -0.03 (-1.60% )
Average Volume 792,954
Shares Outstanding 90.39M
Market Cap 166.3M
Year High 2.99
Year Low 0.73
Earnings Per Share -0.28
P/E Ratio -6.57
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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