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 founded in 1886 in Hastings, Michigan, by Dr. William E. Upjohn who was an 1875 graduate of the University of Michigan medical school. The company was originally formed to make friable pills, which were specifically designed to be easily digested.^[1] They could be "reduced to a powder under the thumb", a strong marketing argument at the time.

^ 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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