CSL Limited

CSL Limited is an Australian-based manufacturer of medical products. Its products include various blood plasma derivatives, vaccines, antivenom, and cell culture reagents used in various medical and genetic research and manufacturing.

Founded in 1916 as a government body, the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories, CSL was privatised in 1994. It is a public company listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, and is the largest Australian medical manufacturer, with annual sales of about 1,500 million AUD and net profits of 250 million AUD in 2003-04.

The company's headquarters remain in Parkville, Victoria, an inner suburb of Melbourne, but it has manufacturing facilities in Europe and the United States and has substantial global export sales.

Products

CSL Limited's products can be separated by company division. Some of the key products produced by each division, circa 2006, include:

CSL Vaccines

Vaccines

ADT (acellular diphtheria/tetanus vaccine)
Comvax (Haemophilus influenzae type B/hepatitis B vaccine)
Fluvax (influenza vaccine)
H-B Vax II (hepatitis B vaccine)
Liquid PedVaxHIB (Haemophilus influenzae type B vaccine)
Menjugate (meningococcus group C vaccine)
Meruvax II (rubella vaccine)
M-M-R II (MMR vaccine)
Plague vaccine (Yersinia pestis vaccine)
Pneumovax 23 (pneumococcus vaccine)
Q Vax (Coxiella burnetii vaccine)
Tet-Tox (tetanus vaccine)
Vaqta (hepatitis A vaccine)
Varivax (varicella zoster vaccine)

Antivenoms

CSL Pharmaceuticals

Angiomax (bivalirudin) – licenced from The Medicines Company
Austrapen (ampicillin)
BenPen (benzylpenicillin)
Burinex (bumetanide) – licenced from LEO Pharma
Daivonex (calcipotriol) – licenced from LEO Pharma
Daivobet (calcipotriol/betamethasone) – licenced from LEO Pharma
EpiPen (epinephrine autoinjector) – licenced from Dey Laboratories
Flomaxtra (tamsulosin) – licenced from Astellas Pharma
Flopen (flucloxacillin)
Fucidin (fusidic acid) – licenced from LEO Pharma
Minijet system – preparations include: epinephrine, atropine, calcium chloride, furosemide, glucose, lidocaine, naloxone, sodium bicarbonate
Modavigil (modafinil) – licenced from Cephalon
Tramal (tramadol) – licenced from Grünenthal

CSL Bioplasma

Albumex (albumin)
Biostate (Factor VIII)
CMV Immunoglobulin-VF (cytomegalovirus immunoglobulin)
Hepatitis B immunoglobulin
human immunoglobulin – Intragam P, Normal, Rh(D) Immunoglobulin-VF, Sandoglobulin,
MonoFIX-VF (Factor IX)
Prothrombinex-HT (prothrombin complex)
Tetanus Immunoglobulin-VF
Thrombotrol-VF (antithrombin III)
WinRho SDF (Rh(D) immunoglobulin G)
Zoster Immunoglobulin-VF (varicella zoster immunoglobulin)