Carter-Wallace was a

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company headquartered in

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. The company was formed by the merger of Carter Products and Wallace Laboratories. The company had a research facility in

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History

The company was formed as Carter Medicine Company which was incorporated in 1880 by John Samuel Carter of

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. John Carter died in 1884 and his son, Samuel Carter took over.

John Higgins Wallace Jr. John Higgins Wallace Jr. (August 3, 1906 – March 22, 1989) was the research chemist at Carter-Wallace that formulated Arrid deodorant in 1935. Biography He was born on August 3, 1906, in Greenville, Kentucky. He earned bachelor's and doctorate d ...

, a research chemist from

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was hired and he formulated

Arrid deodorant Arrid is a type of antiperspirant and deodorant originally introduced in 1935 by Carter Products and was acquired by Church & Dwight Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is an American consumer goods company focusing on personal care, household products ...

in 1935. In 2001 the

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line was sold to

Church and Dwight Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is an American consumer goods company focusing on personal care, household products, and specialty products. The company was founded in 1847 and is headquartered in Ewing, New Jersey. It is the parent company of well-kno ...

and

MedPointe Meda AB is a specialty pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Solna, Sweden. Meda imports and markets pharmaceuticals, nutritional, and health-care products, and offers services including clinical research, registration, and logistics. At the ...

bought the diagnostics and drug businesses.

CEOs

*John Samuel Carter (?-1884) 1880 to 1884. *Samuel J. Carter, son of John. * Brent Good, a New York businessman that convinced John to incorporate. *Harry Good, son of Brent. *

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, brother-in-law of Harry. * Henry Hamilton Hoyt Sr., son-in-law of Charles; bought a controlling interest in the company. * Henry Hamilton Hoyt Jr.

Timeline

*1859:

Carter's Little Liver Pills Carter's Little Liver Pills (Carter's Little Pills after 1959) were formulated as a patent medicine by Samuel J. Carter of Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1868. Ingredients The active ingredient was changed when the product was renamed in 1959, to be th ...

compounded in a four room building in

. *1880: Carter Medicine Company is incorporated. *1929: Henry Hamilton Hoyt Sr. becomes company's

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. *1935:

Arrid Arrid is a type of antiperspirant and deodorant originally introduced in 1935 by Carter Products and was acquired by Church & Dwight Church & Dwight Co., Inc. is an American consumer goods company focusing on personal care, household products ...

antiperspirant introduced. *1937: Carter Medicine Company becomes Carter Products. *1940:

Nair depilatory Nair is a hair-removal product manufactured by Church & Dwight. Nair is a portmanteau of "No hair." The brand is mainly known for its depilatories that work by breaking the disulfide bonds of the keratin molecules in hair. Nair's slogans inc ...

introduced. *1949:

Rise shaving cream Rise shaving cream, introduced by Carter-Wallace in 1949, was the first to be sold in an aerosol can. In 1963 the Federal Trade Commission charged Carter-Wallace with false advertising when a television commercial A television advertisemen ...

, the first pressurized shave cream is introduced. *1961: Henry Hamilton Hoyt Jr., becomes company chairman. *1965: Carter Products is renamed Carter-Wallace. *1985:

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acquired. *1988:

Sea & Ski Sea & Ski, a sunscreen with a unique scent, was invented by Charles Rolley, who lived in Reno, Nevada. TIME called him a "kinetic promoter". Rolley sold it to Botany Industries in 1955. It was sold in the late 1960s to Smith-Kline Pharmaceuticals. ...

sold to FabergéBanana_Boat_Founder_Robert_Bell - Florida International University College of Business. Feb 27, 2008
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acquired. *1993:

Felbatol Felbamate (marketed under the brand name Felbatol by MedPointe) is an anticonvulsant used in the treatment of epilepsy. It is used to treat partial seizures (with and without generalization) in adults and partial and generalized seizures associat ...

, a medication for epileptics, is launched and later withdrawn from the market. *1999: Trojan condom Supra, the first polyurethane

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is introduced. *2000: Henry Hamilton Hoyt Jr. retires. *2001:

buys the

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pipeline and the Carter-Wallace name, and

buys the

brands.

Products

*Carter's Laxative, which was originally known as Carter's Little Liver Pills and after 1959 as Carter's Little Pills. * First Response * Lambert Kay *

Meprobamate Meprobamate—marketed as Miltown by Wallace Laboratories and Equanil by Wyeth, among others—is a carbamate derivative used as an anxiolytic drug. It was the best-selling minor tranquilizer for a time, but has largely been replaced by the benz ...

, marketed as Miltown *

* Pearl Drops *

Carisoprodol Carisoprodol, sold under the brand name Soma among others, is an oral medication used for musculoskeletal pain. Effects generally begin within half an hour and last for up to six hours. Common side effects include headache, dizziness, and s ...

, marketed as Soma * Trojan condoms *

Simeticone Simeticone (INN), also known as simethicone (USAN), is an anti-foaming agent used to reduce bloating, discomfort or pain caused by excessive gas. Medical uses Simeticone is used to relieve the symptoms of excessive gas in the gastrointestinal ...

, marketed as Ovol *

Dimenhydrinate Dimenhydrinate, also known as diphenhydramine/8-chlorotheophylline salt and sold under the brand names Dramamine and Gravol, among others, is an over-the-counter medication used to treat motion sickness and nausea. Dimenhydrinate is a theocl ...

, marketed as Gravol *Aluminum Hydroxide, Magnesium Hydroxide, and Simethicone, antiacid antiflatulent preparation, marketed as Diovol *Pepsin preparation, marketed as Fermentol

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