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Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is a pharmaceuticals and biotechnology company established in December 1997 and headquartered in Allschwil near Basel, Switzerland. It is now part of the Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine business segment. Actelion focuses on manufacturing drugs that treat rare and orphan diseases, including treatments for pulmonary arterial hypertension, a heart condition affecting the lungs, and was among the first companies to work in the field of endothelin receptor antagonists.

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