Ayrton Drugs
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| name = Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Limited
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| traded_as = {{GSE|AYRTN}}
| foundation = September 24, 1965
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| location_city = Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana
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| key_people = Chairman- Nik Amarteifio, CEO- Daniel Apeagyei Kissi
| industry = Pharmaceuticals
| products = Teedar, Samalin Cough syrup, Virol blood tonic, Ayrton Para caplets
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| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303013428/https://www.ayrtondrug.com/ https://ayrtondrug.com (archived)]
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Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Limited was a Ghanaian pharmaceutical company. It was established on September 24, 1965. The business entity was listed on the stock index of the Ghana Stock Exchange, the GSE All-Share Index.
The factory it ran is based in Tesano, a suburb of Accra. The company's product portfolio included anti-hypertensives, hematinics, dermatological preparations, antibiotics, dewormers, pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs. In February 2010 Adcock Ingram, a South African pharmaceutical company acquired 66% shares in the company.{{cite web|url=http://www.ghanastocks.net/quote/ayrton-drugs-manufacturing-ltd|title=Ayrton Drugs Manufacturing Ltd|accessdate=23 June 2015|website=www.ghanastocks.net|archive-date=23 June 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150623144957/http://www.ghanastocks.net/quote/ayrton-drugs-manufacturing-ltd|url-status=dead}}
In January 2020, Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Limited and two other domestic pharmaceutical companies, Dannex Limited and Starwin Products Limited, had already merged and listed on the GSE as DAS Pharma.{{cite web |last1=Bruce |first1=Emmanuel |title=Three local pharmaceutical companies merge lists on GSE as DAS Pharma. Three local pharmaceutical companies, Dannex Limited, Ayrton Drug Manufacturing Limited and Starwin Products Limited have merged and listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange as DAS Pharma |url=https://www.graphic.com.gh/business/business-news/three-local-pharmaceutical-companies-merge-lists-on-gse-as-das-pharma.html |website=Graphic Online |publisher=Graphic Communications Group Ltd |access-date=6 December 2020 |date=16 January 2020}}
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External links
- [http://dasgh.com DAS Pharma official homepage]
- [http://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/economy/stock_quote.php?Quote=AYRTN GhanaWeb.com]
- [http://www.alacrastore.com/company-snapshot/Ayrton_Drugs_Manufacturing_Company_Ltd-4064325 Ayrton Drugs at Alacrastore]
- [https://www.ghanastocks.net/quote/ayrton-drugs-manufacturing-ltd Ayrton Drugs Stock Quote at Ghanastocks.net] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150626101737/http://www.ghanastocks.net/quote/ayrton-drugs-manufacturing-ltd |date=2015-06-26 }}
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Category:Pharmaceutical companies established in 1965
Category:Pharmaceutical companies of Ghana
Category:Manufacturing companies based in Accra
Category:Companies listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange
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