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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | healthcare Over-the-counter-drug manufacturing |
Founded | Tennessee (January 30, 1879, as the Chattanooga Medicine Company) |
Headquarters | Chattanooga, Tennessee |
Key people | Zan Guerry, Chairman, Shaquille O'Neal, brand spokesman, IcyHot and Gold Bond |
Products | Allegra, Gold Bond, ACT Mouthwash, Cortizone-10, Flexall, IcyHot, Sun-In, Ultra Swim, Pamprin, Premsyn, Kaopectate, Dexatrim, Aspercreme, Selsun Blue, Nasacort, Unisom, Capzasin, Benzodent, Herpecin-L, Garlique, and New Phase |
Revenue | $1 Billion (USD) (2013) |
Number of employees | 536[1] |
Parent | Sanofi |
Website | Chattem.com |
Chattem, Inc. is an American, Chattanooga, Tennessee-based, producer and marketer of over-the-counter healthcare products, toiletries, dietary supplements, topical analgesics, and medicated skin care products. Originally named the Chattanooga Medicine Company, the company’s brand portfolio holds twenty-two brands including Allegra, Gold Bond, Flexall, IcyHot, Rolaids, Sun-In, Pamprin, Dexatrim, Aspercreme, and Selsun Blue. The company produces two-thirds of its products at its Chattanooga production facilities with the remaining produced by third-party producers. The company is a subsidiary of the French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi.
The company’s brands are sold nationally through mass merchandiser, drug and food retailers. In 2005, 70% of the firm's sales were made through its top ten customers, which include Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and Kroger. Sales to Wal-Mart constituted 36% of Chattem’s total sales in 2005. Chattem supports these sales with a forty-five-person sales force and broadcast media advertising. Chattem has market penetration in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean.
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