Apotex Inc. was founded in 1974, and is the largest Canadian-owned pharmaceutical company. The company employs over 10,000 people in research, development, manufacturing and distribution facilities worldwide. Apotex produces more than 300 generic pharmaceuticals in approximately 4,000 dosages and formats which, in Canada, are used to fill over 89 million prescriptions a year - the largest amount of any pharmaceutical company in this country.