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Pfizer, Incorporated, is a global pharmaceutical company, with headquarters in New York City. It produces the number-one selling drug Lipitor (atorvastatin, used to lower blood cholesterol); the oral antifungal medication Diflucan® (fluconazole), the long-acting antibiotic Zithromax (azithromycin) and the well-known erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil citrate). Its shares, traded on the New York Stock Exchange, were made a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on April 8, 2004.1 History
It is named after chemist Charles Pfizer ( 1824- 1906), who launched his chemicals business from a building in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, in 1849. Here, he produced an antiparasitic called santonin. This was an immediate success, although it was the production of citric acidProperties General Name Citric acid Chemical formula C H O Formula weight 192. 13 amu Synonyms 2-hydroxy-1,2,3-propanetricarboxylic acid CAS number 77-92-9 Phase behavior Melting point 426 K (153 °C) Thermal decomposition temperature 448 K (175°C) Acid-ba that really kick started Pfizer's growth in the 1880s.
By 1910, sales totalled nearly $3 million, and Pfizer became established as an expert in fermentationIn its strictest sense fermentation is the energy-yielding anaerobic metabolic breakdown of a nutrient molecule, such as glucose, without net oxidation. Fermentation yields lactate, acetic acid, ethanol, or some other simple product. Fermentation is also technology. These skills were applied to the mass production of penicillinPenicillin is a β-lactam antibiotic used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. The name "penicillin" can either refer to several variants of penicillin available, or to the group of antibiot during the Second World War, in response to an appeal from the US Government. The antiseptic was urgently needed to treat injured Allied soldiers, and it soon became known as "the miracle drug." In fact, most of the penicillin that went ashore with the troops on D-DayIn military parlance, D-Day is a term often used to denote the day on which a combat attack or operation is to be initiated. By far the most well-known D-Day is June 6, 1944—the day on which the Battle of Normandy began—commencing the American and British was made by Pfizer.
By the 1950s, Pfizer was established in Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.
In 2000This page is about the year 2000. See 2000 AD for the UK comic book, Number 2000 for other uses. 2000 is a leap year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar), and also the International Year for a Culture of Peace''. Events Y2K passes without the seri, Pfizer merged with Warner-Lambert in order to acquire Lipitor. Warner-Lambert was based in Morris Plains, New JerseyMorris Plains is a borough located in Morris County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 5,236. Billed as "The Community of Caring", Morris Plains is a small town where social people soon get to know everyone else, whi where their former headquarters has now become a major base of operations for Pfizer. The Morris PlainsMorris Plains is a borough located in Morris County, New Jersey. As of the 2000 census, the borough had a total population of 5,236. Billed as "The Community of Caring", Morris Plains is a small town where social people soon get to know everyone else, whi facility is mostly used for administrative purposes. Most of Pfizer's research is done in Groton, Connecticut and Sandwich, England.
In 2002, Pfizer merged with competitor Pharmacia.
