Sterling Drug

Sterling Drug
Sterling-Winthrop
IndustryHealth care
Founded1901
Defunct1994
FateAcquired by Bayer AG
Headquarters90 Park Avenue New York, NY 10016
ProductsLehn & Fink, Bayer Aspirin, Phillips'
ParentEastman Kodak (1988 to 1994)

Sterling Drug was an American based global pharmaceutical company. It was also known as Sterling Winthrop, Inc., after the merger with Winthrop-Stearns Inc. which itself resulted from the merger of Winthrop Chemical Company Inc. and Frederick Stearns & Company. It was formerly known as Sterling Winthrop Pharmaceuticals.

Primary product lines included diagnostic imaging agents, hormonal products, cardiovascular products, analgesics, antihistamines and muscle relaxants.

Chemical compounds produced by this company were often known by their manufacturing code which consisted of the abbreviation WIN (for Winthrop) followed by a number. For example, WIN 18,320 was nalidixic acid, the first quinolone antibiotic.[1]

  1. ^ Emmerson, A. M.; Jones, A. M. (2003). "The Quinolones: Decades of Development and Use". Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 51 (Suppl 1): 13–20. doi:10.1093/jac/dkg208. PMID 12702699.