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 has 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., a research chemist from

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was hired and he formulated Arrid deodorant in 1935. In 2001 the

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line was sold to Church and Dwight and MedPointe 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. * Charles Orcutt, 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 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:

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antiperspirant introduced. *1937: Carter Medicine Company becomes Carter Products. *1940: Nair depilatory introduced. *1949:

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, the first pressurized shave cream is introduced. *1961: Henry Hamilton Hoyt Jr., becomes company chairman. *1965: Carter Products is renamed Carter-Wallace. *1985: Youngs Drug Products acquired. *1988:

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acquired. *1993:

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, a medication for epileptics, is launched and later withdrawn from the market. *1999:

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Supra, the first polyurethane

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

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pipeline and the Carter-Wallace name, and Church and Dwight buys the

brands.

Products

* Arrid deodorant *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 *

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, marketed as Miltown * Nair depilatory * Pearl Drops *

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, marketed as Soma *

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

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