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Alcon Inc. Ordinary Shares and Grifois, S.A.

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Alcon Inc. Ordinary Shares

Alcon Inc. researches, develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells eye care products worldwide. It operates through two segments, Surgical and Vision Care. The company offers equipment, instrumentation and diagnostics, intraocular lenses (IOLs), and other implantables; and consumables, including viscoelastics, surgical solutions, incisional instruments, surgical custom packs, and other products for surgical procedures. Its cataract products include Centurion vision system, LenSx laser system, Verion reference unit and Verion digital marker, ARGOS biometer, SMARTCATARACT health platform, NGENUITY 3D visualization system, LuxOR surgical ophthalmic microscope, and ORA system for intra-operative measurements; and implantable products, including monofocal, Toric, and Presbyopia-Correcting IOLs, as well as delivery systems, such as AutonoMe and UltraSert. In addition, it provides Custom Pak surgical procedure packs vitreoretinal products comprising constellation vision systems, procedure packs, lasers and hand-held microsurgical instruments, grieshaber, MIVS instruments, scissors, forceps and micro-instruments, medical grade vitreous tamponades, and Hypervit vitrectomy probes; and refractive surgery products, including WaveLight and Contoura Vision used for LASIK refractive procedure. Further, the company offers daily disposable, reusable, and color-enhancing contact lenses; ocular health products, such as dry eye, ocular allergies, glaucoma, and contact lens care, as well as ocular vitamins and redness relievers. The company was formerly known as Alcon Universal S.A. and changed its name to Alcon Inc. in December 2001. Alcon Inc. was founded in 1945 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

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Grifois, S.A.

Grifols, S.A. operates as a plasma therapeutic company in Spain, the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company provides immunoglobulin to treat immunodeficiencies; albumin used to restore circulatory volume and protein loss in pathophysiological conditions, such as liver cirrhosis, cardiocirculatory failure, trauma, and severe burns; alpha-1 proteinase inhibitor, a plasma protein, used to treat a genetic disease known as alpha-1; factor VIII/von Willebrand factor and factor IX, clotting factors for the treatment of hemophilia A and von Willebrand's disease, as well as hemophilia B; antithrombin III to treat hereditary antithrombin deficiency; Fostamatinib, a spleen tyrosine kinase inhibitor; combination of fibrinogen and enzyme thrombin that acts as a biological sealant to control surgical bleeding; and plasma exchange with albumin used to treat Alzheimer's disease. It also markets diagnostic testing equipment, reagents, and other equipment; offers biological products and manufacturing services; and manufactures and sells plasma to third parties. In addition, the company offers Yimmugo IDP, an immunology drug; Yimmugo PTI, a hematology drug; and Prolastin vials, a pulmonology drug. Further, it develops Xembify Pre-filled syringes, Gamunex Bags, and FlexBag; Xembify Biweekly dosing, Fibrinogen, and VISTASEAL; Prolastin-C AADT and Fostamatinib; Xembify " CLL, Albumina 20% and 5%, and Trimodulin; Alfa-1 AT 15%, GRF6019, GRF6021, Aßvac402, AKST4290, and AKST4290; GIGA 2339 and GIGA564; and recIG, Alfa-1 AT - in non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, and OSIG that are in pre-clinical stage. It has collaboration agreements with Canadian Blood Services to supply grains of Immunoglobulin. The company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

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