Upjohn

The Upjohn Company
Industry	Pharmaceutical
Founded	1886
Defunct	1995; 29 years ago
Fate	Merged with Pharmacia to form Pharmacia & Upjohn
Successor	Pharmacia & Upjohn; Viatris
Headquarters	Portage MI, U.S.

The Upjohn Company was an American pharmaceutical manufacturing firm (est. 1886) in Hastings, Michigan, by Dr. William E. Upjohn, a 1875 graduate of the University of Michigan medical school. The company was originally formed to make friable pills, specifically designed to be easily digested.^[1] These pills could be "reduced to a powder under the thumb", which is how they were initially marketed.

^ Lohrstorfer, Martha; Larson, Catherine (2002). "William E. Upjohn: Person of the Century 1853 - 1932". Kalamazoo Public Library. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

[1] Lohrstorfer, Martha; Larson, Catherine (2002). "William E. Upjohn: Person of the Century 1853 - 1932". Kalamazoo Public Library. Archived from the original on September 28, 2007.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)

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