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Mallinckrodt Incorporated is a set of pharmaceutical, chemical, imaging, and respiratory equipment suppliers based in the St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
 area. Founded in 1867 when the Mallinckrodt brothers formed G. Mallinckrodt & Company to manufacture pharmaceutical chemicals, Mallinckrodt was most recently purchased by Covidien
Covidien

Covidien , formerly Tyco Healthcare, is one of the largest healthcare devices and supplies companies worldwide, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda although most of its corporate functions are located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
, formerly Tyco Healthcare (Tyco International
Tyco International

Tyco International Ltd. is a highly diversified global manufacturing company incorporated in Bermuda, with United States operational headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey ....
), in 2001.

Mallinckrodt is the sole legal source for cocaine
Cocaine

Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine....
 in the United States, which it receives from a Stepan Company
Stepan Company

Stepan Company is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals headquartered in Northfield, Illinois. The company was founded in 1932 by Alfred C. Stepan, Jr., and has approximately 1,500 employees....
 plant in Maywood, New Jersey, which is the only firm in the U.S.






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Mallinckrodt Incorporated is a set of pharmaceutical, chemical, imaging, and respiratory equipment suppliers based in the St. Louis, Missouri
Missouri

Missouri is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States of the United States bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska....
 area. Founded in 1867 when the Mallinckrodt brothers formed G. Mallinckrodt & Company to manufacture pharmaceutical chemicals, Mallinckrodt was most recently purchased by Covidien
Covidien

Covidien , formerly Tyco Healthcare, is one of the largest healthcare devices and supplies companies worldwide, headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda although most of its corporate functions are located in Mansfield, Massachusetts, Massachusetts....
, formerly Tyco Healthcare (Tyco International
Tyco International

Tyco International Ltd. is a highly diversified global manufacturing company incorporated in Bermuda, with United States operational headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey ....
), in 2001.

Mallinckrodt is the sole legal source for cocaine
Cocaine

Cocaine is a crystalline tropane alkaloid that is obtained from the leaves of the coca plant. The name comes from "coca" in addition to the alkaloid suffix -ine, forming cocaine....
 in the United States, which it receives from a Stepan Company
Stepan Company

Stepan Company is a manufacturer of specialty chemicals headquartered in Northfield, Illinois. The company was founded in 1932 by Alfred C. Stepan, Jr., and has approximately 1,500 employees....
 plant in Maywood, New Jersey, which is the only firm in the U.S. licensed to import coca
Coca

Coca is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to north-western South America. The plant plays a significant role in traditional Andean culture....
 leaves. Federal restrictions also bar the importation of drugs such as Esterom manufactured from cocaine, which therefore requires that they use this supplier. Mallinckrodt is also one of the U.S. importers of opium
Opium

Opium is a narcotic formed from the latex released by lacerating the immature seed pods of Opium poppy . It contains up to 12% morphine, an opiate alkaloid, which is most frequently processed chemically to produce heroin for the illegal drug trade....
 from India.

The Mallinckrodt General Clinical Research Center
Mallinckrodt General Clinical Research Center

The Mallinckrodt MGH General Clinical Research Center is a research center at Massachusetts General Hospital. It is located in Boston, Massachusetts, with satellites in Cambridge, MA and Charlestown, MA....
 received contributions from Edward Mallinckrodt, Jr., who headed the firm in the 1940s.

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