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====Glaxo====
Joseph Nathan and Co. was founded in 1873, as a general trading company in [[Wellington]], New Zealand, by a Londoner, [[Joseph Nathan|Joseph Edward Nathan]].<ref>R. P. T. Davenport-Hines, Judy Slinn, ''Glaxo: A History to 1962'', Cambridge University Press, 1992, pp.&nbsp;7–13.</ref> In 1904, it began producing a dried-milk baby food from excess milk produced on dairy farms near [[Bunnythorpe]]. The resulting product was first known as Defiance, then as Glaxo (from ''lacto''), and sold with the slogan "Glaxo builds bonnie babies."<ref>David Newton, ''Trademarked: A History of Well-Known Brands, from Airtex to Wright's Coal Tar'', The History Press, 2012, p.&nbsp;435.</ref><ref name="Ravenscraft2000">{{Cite web |last1=Ravenscraft |first1=David J. |last2=Long |first2=William F. |date=January 2000 |title=Paths to Creating Value in Pharmaceutical Mergers |url=https://www.nber.org/system/files/chapters/c8653/c8653.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107075228/https://www.nber.org/system/files/chapters/c8653/c8653.pdf |archive-date=7 January 2023 |website=National Bureau of Economic Research}}</ref>{{rp|306}}<ref name="history"/> The Glaxo Laboratories sign is still visible on what is now a car repair shop on the main street of Bunnythorpe. The company's first pharmaceutical product, released in 1924, was vitamin D.<ref name=Ravenscraft2000/>{{rp|306}}
[[File:Glaxo feeder bottle with packaging.jpg|thumb|right| Feeder bottle with valve and teat, Glaxo Laboratories, Greenford, Middlesex]]

Glaxo Laboratories was incorporated as a distinct subsidiary company in London in 1935.<ref>New "Glaxo" Company. ''The Times'', Tuesday, 15 October 1935; pg. 22; Issue 47195</ref> Joseph Nathan's shareholders reorganised the group's structure in 1947, making Glaxo the parent<ref>J. Nathan And "Glaxo" Reorganization. ''The Times'', Wednesday, 8 January 1947; pg. 8; Issue 50653</ref> and obtained a listing on the [[London Stock Exchange]].<ref>Joseph Nathan & Co. ''The Times'', Thursday, 20 February 1947; pg. 8; Issue 50690</ref> Glaxo acquired [[Allen & Hanburys]] in 1958. The Scottish pharmacologist [[David Jack (scientist)|David Jack]] was hired as a researcher for Allen & Hanburys a few years after Glaxo took it over; he went on to lead the company's [[research and development]] (R&D) until 1987.<ref name=Ravenscraft2000/>{{rp|306}} After Glaxo bought Meyer Laboratories in 1978, it began to play an important role in the US market. In 1983, the American arm, Glaxo Inc., moved to [[Research Triangle Park]] (US headquarters/research) and Zebulon (US manufacturing) in [[North Carolina]].<ref name="history"/>