List of pharmaceutical laboratories by year of foundation
# List of pharmaceutical laboratories by year of foundation

The following is a table with laboratories organized by year of creation.

## 18th century

| Year | Laboratory | Founder | Present |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1715 | Allen & Hanburys | Silvanus Bevan | Absorbed by Glaxo Laboratories in 1958. |

## 19th century

| Year | Laboratory | Founder | Present |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1830 | Smith, Kline & Co | John K. Smith | Became Smith, Kline & French |
| 1844 | French, Richard and Company | Clayton French and William Richard | In 1921 was bought by Smith, Kline & Co to form Smith, Kline & French |
| 1848 | Beecham Group | Thomas Beecham | Merged with Smith, Kline & Co to form SmithKline Beecham |
| 1849 | Pfizer | Charles Pfizer and Charles F. Erhart | Active |
| 1876 | Eli Lilly and Company | Eli Lilly | Active |
| 1880 | Wellcome | Henry Wellcome and Silas Burroughs | In 1995 merged with Glaxo to form Glaxo Wellcome |
| 1895 | Sandoz | Alfred Kern and Edouard Sandoz | In 1996 merged with Ciba-Geigy to form Novartis |

## 20th century

| Year | Laboratory | Founder | Present |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1913 | Astra AB | | Merged with Zeneca in 1999 to form AstraZeneca |
| 1924 | Glaxo Laboratories | Joseph Nathan and Co | Merged in 1995 with Wellcome to form Glaxo Wellcome |
| 1945 | Recherche et Industrie Thérapeutiques | Pieter De Somer | Bought by Smith, Kline & French, currently GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals |
| 1946 | Grünenthal GmbH | Hermann Wirtz, Sr | Active |
| 1950 | Allergan, Inc. | Gavin S. Herbert | Bought by SmithKline Beckman in 1980 |
| 1959 | Valeant Pharmaceuticals | Milan Panić | Its original name was ICN Pharmaceuticals |
| 1976 | Teva Pharmaceutical Industries | Assia and Zori | Active |
| 1982 | SmithKline Beckman | SmithKline & French | Merge between SmithKline & French and Beckman Inc. |
| 1993 | Zeneca | Merger of the pharmaceuticals and agrochemicals businesses of Imperial Chemical Industries | Merged With Astra AB to form AstraZeneca |
| 1996 | Novartis | Merger of Ciba-Geigy and Sandoz | Active |
| 1999 | AstraZeneca | Merger Astra AB and Zeneca | Active |

## 21st century

| Year | Laboratory | Founder | Present |
| - | - | - | - |
| 2013 | Calico | Bill Maris | | Active |
