Topic - Alvogen

Alvogen is an American pharmaceuticals company founded in 2009. In 2014 a controlling stake in the company was acquired by CVC Capital Partners and Temasek Holdings. Alvogen has about 350 different medical and non-medical products, and both produces its own products and markets the products of brand name pharmaceutical companies. - Source: Wikipedia

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