List of pharmaceutical laboratories by year of foundation

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

18th century

Year Laboratory Founder Present 1715 Allen & Hanburys Silvanus Bevan Absorbed by Glaxo Laboratories in 1958.For J. G. Bevan see Edward H. Milligan The Biographical dictionary of British Quakers in commerce and industry, 1775–1920 Sessions of York (2007) , 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.

19th century

Year Laboratory Founder Present 1830 Smith, Kline & Co John K. Smith Became Smith, Kline & French 1844 French, Richard and Company Clayton French and William Richard In 1921 was bought by Smith, Kline & Co to form Smith, Kline & French 1848 Beecham Group Thomas Beecham Merged with Smith, Kline & Co to form SmithKline Beecham 1849 Pfizer Charles Pfizer and Charles F. Erhart Active 1876 Eli Lilly and Company Eli Lilly Active 1880 Wellcome Henry Wellcome and Silas Burroughs In 1995 merged with Glaxo to form Glaxo Wellcome 1895 Sandoz Alfred Kern and Edouard Sandoz In 1996 merged with Ciba-Geigy to form Novartis

20th century

Year Laboratory Founder Present 1913 Astra AB Merged with Zeneca in 1999 to form AstraZeneca 1924 Glaxo Laboratories Joseph Nathan and Co Merged in 1995 with Wellcome to form Glaxo Wellcome 1945 Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques Pieter De Somer Bought by Smith, Kline & French, currently GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals 1946 Grünenthal GmbH Hermann Wirtz, Sr Active 1950 Allergan, Inc. Gavin S. Herbert Bought by SmithKline Beckman in 1980 1959 Valeant Pharmaceuticals Milan Panić Its original name was ICN Pharmaceuticals 1976 Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Assia and Zori Active 1982 SmithKline Beckman SmithKline & French Merge between SmithKline & French and Beckman Inc. 1993 Zeneca Merger of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals businesses of Imperial Chemical Industries Merged With Astra AB to form AstraZeneca 1996 Novartis Merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz Active 1999 AstraZeneca Merger Astra AB and Zeneca Active

21st century

Year Laboratory Founder Present 2013 Calico Active

See also Pharmacy List of drugs List of drugs by year of discovery History of medicine

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