UCB

biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Brussels, Belgium
Organization business Q902046
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UCB

Summary

UCB is a business[1]. UCB ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • UCB is in the country of Belgium[3].
  • UCB's instance of is recorded as business[4].
  • UCB's instance of is recorded as public company[5].
  • UCB's founder is recorded as Emmanuel Janssen[6].
  • UCB followed Celltech[7].
  • UCB followed Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[8].
  • UCB followed Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[9].
  • UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels metropolitan area[10].
  • UCB's headquarters location is recorded as Brussels-Capital Region[11].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Germany)[12].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[13].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (France)[14].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[15].
  • UCB's child organization or unit is recorded as Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[16].
  • UCB's Commons category is recorded as UCB (company)[17].
  • UCB's stock exchange is recorded as OTC Markets Group[18].
  • UCB's stock exchange is recorded as Amsterdam Stock Exchange[19].
  • UCB's industry is recorded as pharmaceutical industry[20].
  • UCB's industry is recorded as chemical industry[21].
  • January 1, 1928 marks the founding of UCB[22].
  • UCB's official website is recorded as http://www.ucb.com/[23].
  • UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[24].
  • UCB's legal form is recorded as Public limited company (Belgium)[25].

Body

Founding

UCB's founder is recorded as Emmanuel Janssen[6]. January 1, 1928 marks the founding of UCB[22].

Identity

Predecessors include Celltech[7], Compagnie Continentale du Pégamoïd[8], and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[9].

Operations

Headquarters locations include Brussels metropolitan area[10], a metropolitan area[26], in Belgium[27] and Brussels-Capital Region[11], a region of Belgium[28], in Belgium[29], founded in 1989[30]. Subsidiaries include UCB Pharma (Germany)[12], a business[31], in Germany[32], headquartered in Q504521[33]; UCB Pharma (United Kingdom)[13]; UCB Pharma (France)[14], a business[34], in France[35], headquartered in Colombes[36]; UCB Pharma (Netherlands)[15], a business[37], in Netherlands[38], founded in 1928[39], headquartered in Breda[40]; and Union des Fabriques Belges de Textiles Artificiels[16], an organization[41], in Belgium[42], founded in 1932[43], headquartered in Brussels[44].

Industry

Industries include pharmaceutical industry[20] and chemical industry[21].

Ownership

Stock exchanges include OTC Markets Group[18] and Amsterdam Stock Exchange[19]. UCB's product or material produced is recorded as biopharmaceutical[24].

Why It Matters

UCB ranks in the top 3% of business entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (484 views/month).[2] UCB has Wikipedia articles in 20 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] UCB is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

References

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  16. [18] . Google Knowledge Graph. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  1. [26] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  11. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
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  19. [44] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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