Industry: Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals, Inc., is an emerging pharmaceutical company based in Bethesda, Md. Sucampo was founded in 1996 by Sachiko Kuno, Ph.D., the company’s President and Chair of the Board of Directors, and Ryuji Ueno, MD., Ph.D., Ph.D., the company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Scientific Officer. Sucampo focuses on the development and commercialization of drugs based on prostones, a class of compounds derived from functional fatty acids that occur naturally in the human body. The therapeutic potential of prostones was first identified by Dr. Ueno. In January 2006, Sucampo received marketing approval from the FDA for its first product, AMITIZA, for the treatment of chronic idiopathic constipation in ( www.sucampo.com )
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals , Inc.
4733 Bethesda Avenue Suite 450
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
USA
Tel: (301) 961-3400