Synergy Pharmaceuticals Inc fka SGYPQ

[biotech_researcher]

Here is a company that competed with SGYP in the constipation space, Sucampo, SCMP. It had its product out for a number of years ahead of IronWood and of course SGYP. Even though it could be stated that SCMP’s product was inferior to both SGYP and IronWood’s product, that in the end didn’t matter as they had a conservative management team and found a buyer that needed a pipeline..

https://www.bizjournals.com/washington/news/2017/12/26/sucampo-pharmaceuticals-to-be-acquired-in-1-2b.html