title: List of pharmaceutical laboratories by year of foundation
text: # 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 |
  