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One-A-Day
One A Day (sometimes referred to as One-A-Day) is a product family of multivitamins produced by the Bayer corporation. One A Day was introduced in 1940 by Miles Laboratories. Bayer markets fifteen products in the One A Day line: * Cholesterol Plus * Energy * Energy Advantage2O * Essential * Maximum * Men's Health * Men's 50+ Advantage * Teen Advantage * VitaCraves Gummies * Women's * Women's2O * Women's 50+ Advantage * Women's Active Metabolism * Women's Active Mind & Body * Women's Prenatal Bayer had heavily marketed a "WeightSmart" brand, but it was discontinued after the United States Federal Trade Commission recovered $3.2 million as part of $25 million settlement from Bayer, alleging that Bayer had falsely claimed that the product led to weight loss. One-A-Day Women's multivitamin was tested by ConsumerLab.com in their ''Multivitamin and Multimineral Supplements Review'' of 38 of the leading multivitamin/multimineral products sold in the U.S. and Canada. This product pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miles Laboratories
Miles Laboratories was founded as the Dr. Miles Medical Company in Elkhart, Indiana, in 1884 by Dr. Franklin Lawrence Miles, a specialist in the treatment of eye and ear disorders, with an interest in the connection of the nervous system to overall health. The company is known for inventing products such as Alka-Selzer and One-A-Day vitamins. Miles operated as an independent firm from 1884 until 1979 and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Bayer AG from 1979 until 1995. At the company's peak in the 1960s and 1970s, it employed 3,300 people and produced more than two dozen products. In 1995, it was consolidated into the parent corporation. History By 1890, the sales success of his patent medicine tonic, "Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine," in treating "nervous" ailments (including "nervousness or nervous exhaustion, sleeplessness, hysteria, headache, neuralgia, backache, pain, epilepsy, spasms, fits, and St. Vitus' dance") led him to develop a mail order medicine business. Miles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |