What was the former parent company of the pharmacy chain that discovered and developed Flosequinan?
Flosequinan Flosequinan is a quinolone vasodilator that was discovered and developed by Boots UK and was sold for about a year under the trade name Manoplax. It had been approved in 1992 in the US and UK to treat people with heart failure who could not tolerate ACE inhibitors or digitalis.
Galpharm International Galpharm International Ltd, who trade as "Galpharm Healthcare", are the UK's biggest supplier of non-prescription medicine. The company is based in Dodworth, Barnsley, England and sponsored the Galpharm Stadium in nearby Huddersfield. In January 2008, the company was acquired by The Perrigo Group for $86m. The company was founded in 1982 by Graham Leslie.