5555 Valley Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA; acquired by Probitas Pharma in July 2003 and merged into its Instituto Grifols subsidiary; Alpha had previously been acquired by Mitsubishi Pharma Corp., and before that was a subsidiary of Green Cross Corp., the U.S.-based holding company for the N. American and European operations of Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.; The company was founded in 1948 as Courtland Labs., and in 1978 was acquired by Green Cross Corp.; Plasma derivative manufacturing facilities and products were originally acquired from Abbott Labs. (licenses transferred Aug. 15, 1978); Yoshitomi merged with Green Cross in April 1998.
