Wyeth, one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world has its headquarters in Madison, New Jersey. Opened as a drugstore with a small research lab in 1860 by two pharmacists,
the development of one of the first rotary compressed tablet machines in the United States in 1872 made
Wyeth famous. After opening its first foreign facility in Montreal, Canada and began vaccine production,
Wyeth purchased Anacin, a product for tension headaches in 1930, which later turned out to be the company's flagship product.
Wyeth became a leading US vaccine producer after its supply of polio vaccine for Salk trials. Focused on research, development and marketing of prescription drugs,
Wyeth shipped typical wartime drugs such as sulfa bacteriostatics, blood plasma, typhus vaccine, quinine and atabrine tablets during World War II. The company also became well known for its first licensing deal of acquiring an antibiotic for arthritis vaccine research. With the launch of Antabuse, a drug for the treatment of alcoholism, Phenergan -an antihistamine and Ansolyen -a high blood pressure medicine,
Wyeth became famous for the manufacture of innovative and effective drugs. The other products of
Wyeth include Mysoline- an anticonvulsant, Isordil- a vasodilator for treatment of angina, Dryvax- a freeze-dried smallpox vaccine and Ovral- an oral contraceptive. It is considered as the only institute in the pharmaceutical industry that is deals with research in women's health.
Address: Address: 5 Giralda Farms, Madison, NJ 07940
Phone: 973-660-5000
