List of pharmaceutical laboratories by year of foundation

The following is a table with laboratories organized by year of creation.

18th century

YearLaboratoryFounderPresent
1715Allen & HanburysSilvanus BevanAbsorbed by Glaxo Laboratories in 1958.[1]

19th century

YearLaboratoryFounderPresent
1844French, Richard and CompanyClayton French and William RichardIn 1921 was bought by Smith, Kline & Co to form Smith, Kline & French
1848Beecham GroupThomas BeechamMerged with Smith, Kline & Co to form
1849PfizerCharles Pfizer and Charles F. ErhartActive
1865Smith, Kline & CoJohn K. Smith and Mahlon KlineActive
1876Eli Lilly and CompanyEli LillyActive
1895SandozAlfred Kern and Edouard SandozIn 1996 merged with Ciba-Geigy to form Novartis

20th century

YearLaboratoryFounderPresent
1913Astra ABMerged with Zeneca in 1999 to form AstraZeneca
1924Glaxo WellcomeJoseph Nathan and CoMerged in 2000 with SmithKline Beecham to form GlaxoSmithKline
1945Recherche et Industrie ThérapeutiquesPieter De SomerBought by Smith, Kline & French, currently GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals
1946Grünenthal GmbHHermann Wirtz, SrActive
1950Allergan, Inc.Gavin S. HerbertBought by SmithKline Beckman in 1980
1959Valeant PharmaceuticalsMilan PanićIts original name was ICN Pharmaceuticals
1976Teva Pharmaceutical IndustriesAssia and ZoriActive
1982SmithKline BeckmanSmithKline & FrenchMerge between SmithKline & French and Beckman Inc.
1993ZenecaMerger of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals businesses of Imperial Chemical IndustriesMerged With Astra AB to form AstraZeneca
1996NovartisMerger of Ciba-Geigy and SandozActive
1999AstraZenecaMerger Astra AB and ZenecaActive

21st century

YearLaboratoryFounderPresent
2013CalicoBill Maris |Active

See also

References

  1. For J. G. Bevan see Edward H. Milligan The Biographical dictionary of British Quakers in commerce and industry, 1775–1920 Sessions of York (2007) ISBN 978-1-85072-367-7, p. 47 and ODNB article by David J. Hall, 'Bevan, Joseph Gurney (1753–1814)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 , accessed 14 January 2009.


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