---
title: "INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS INC — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d1752288-e7f2-5507-82e1-bb8e1d07ea5b
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d1752288-e7f2-5507-82e1-bb8e1d07ea5b
identifier: sec:0001040416
jurisdiction: US
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS INC

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [US](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/us)  
**Identifier:** `sec:0001040416`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d1752288-e7f2-5507-82e1-bb8e1d07ea5b  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d1752288-e7f2-5507-82e1-bb8e1d07ea5b  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **SHAFFER CHRISTY L** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d159bb7e-b930-54e6-a25b-879582674c5b
- **DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0cd0b0a2-5e73-54c5-be78-49a74fbed3f4
- **KELLERMAN DONALD J** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2b461754-9464-52ed-b424-7b1a37c19fa5
- **Brazzell Romulus K** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5c5c11c7-cf84-5ec7-b319-77c56b220448
- **DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND INTERNATIONAL LTD** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed426a3e-eb53-56c4-9d9c-d9d1287c8871
- **DEERFIELD CAPITAL LP** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5f3c11a7-c53a-58c1-ba4f-1ad86e04c791
- **SCHACHLE JOSEPH K** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3f9b3e4a-694b-5cdd-822a-a36f90222781
- **BENNETT MARY B** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2cd30713-4a01-5153-aa5f-30a3e877c592
- **SPAGNARDI JOSEPH M** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a7918198-dc5f-5df9-9b9d-4c380f3805d8
- **SHAFFER CHRISTY L** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d159bb7e-b930-54e6-a25b-879582674c5b
- **DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C)** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31a5caa4-05d6-5739-b04b-16a6222da289
- **DEERFIELD INTERNATIONAL LTD** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ca1b752-35fb-56fa-a782-c75b428a7870
- **DEERFIELD PARTNERS, L.P.** (tenpercentownerother) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/65f05e41-ef95-517f-9b59-b6fc681aa121
- **PEA BARRY G** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a9419076-3aa3-5f98-be39-a96338a49b64
- **Flynn James E** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e41579a6-248b-5454-a089-66f9a7c69ae7
- **YERXA BENJAMIN R** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cf977e88-e04f-5f12-bda3-23407d6f5bc6
- **STAAB THOMAS R II** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f32858fe-90f1-5e79-ac2b-be29c8aca8ee
- **EVANS RICHARD M** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/617f71f7-0114-5509-99c0-513233f6e720
- **JOHNSON CHARLES A** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e590a243-890c-542e-8d2e-f354cee7659a
- **LEFF JONATHAN S** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74870730-be49-5b01-8163-eb98c10bdaab
- **WARBURG PINCUS PARTNERS LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74ec742a-12ad-57e1-909b-2851c69103a7
- **KAYE CHARLES R** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/4eb6e1f5-7e75-5baf-9eb7-608248ea01d1
- **WARBURG PINCUS PRIVATE EQUITY IX, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/771aac4f-c614-5109-96f5-360a461924fb
- **WARBURG PINCUS IX LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a9cfc6c4-c09a-5bb1-bc11-78663d762041
- **KOVEN ANDREW I** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/791ba249-a2f5-5ae5-a577-e8748951d6f1
- **ADAMS ADRIAN** (officer) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/744f03f6-8928-52c1-890b-27122e4b037a
- **LANDY JOSEPH** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/72d9d945-799b-5c5c-95fe-f49b0d7aff6c
- **HUTSON NANCY J** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cb225f5e-bf10-51fb-bba0-3651c13ea258
- **LEE KENNETH B JR** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/dc26ac98-805a-54f2-8849-3d7d678dcd3d
- **HOLMER ALAN F** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fd8694fb-b7f7-5e25-8a62-4906b6c8d4b7
- **ABERCROMBIE GEORGE B** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8eb329ec-7e62-5221-ad8a-d99e603d7c31
- **WARBURG PINCUS LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/74390d78-c139-52a4-bfae-eff6cc250df6
- **FREY KIP** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7ac4f797-472e-54ea-a47c-edec2a99559e
- **WARBURG PINCUS & CO** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f08379d4-1dd4-5fee-b50d-0869039609d4
- **KENT RICHARD S** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2328a79f-c90b-5f0a-a22e-0702fd79d805
- **ADAMS ADRIAN** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/744f03f6-8928-52c1-890b-27122e4b037a
- **JAY JEFFREY R** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3824573a-439e-5e08-a55f-3ffcc3580c3b
- **GREAT POINT PARTNERS LLC** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a6e52824-9a70-5c49-a3f9-3bac9b9d5858
- **RINGO WILLIAM R** (director) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0dbe6312-3545-5aad-af9d-2325efb477f6
- **DEERFIELD INTERNATIONAL LTD** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1ca1b752-35fb-56fa-a782-c75b428a7870
- **DEERFIELD CAPITAL LP** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5f3c11a7-c53a-58c1-ba4f-1ad86e04c791
- **DEERFIELD PARTNERS, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/65f05e41-ef95-517f-9b59-b6fc681aa121
- **DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND INTERNATIONAL LTD** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ed426a3e-eb53-56c4-9d9c-d9d1287c8871
- **DEERFIELD SPECIAL SITUATIONS FUND, L.P.** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0cd0b0a2-5e73-54c5-be78-49a74fbed3f4
- **DEERFIELD MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. (SERIES C)** (tenpercentowner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/31a5caa4-05d6-5739-b04b-16a6222da289

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **45-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **INSPIRE PHARMACEUTICALS INC**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/d1752288-e7f2-5507-82e1-bb8e1d07ea5b · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/d1752288-e7f2-5507-82e1-bb8e1d07ea5b._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._