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In 1863, Erhart and Pfizer began importing crude argols — the tartar deposits formed in wine casks during the aging process—from France and Italy and set up their own refining operation for the manufacture of tartar and tartaric acid, which was used by bakers, beverage manufacturers, and in cooking.
Way back in 1849, Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart started the company we know today as Pfizer, and ever since, we’ve been at the forefront of some of the most profound changes in medicine and technology. For 175 years, we have had an extraordinary impact on global health.
Cousins Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart founded Charles Pfizer & Company in a red brick building in Brooklyn, NY. 1868 Pfizer buys and renovates a post-Revolutionary-era building at 81 Maiden Lane in Manhattan and moves its headquarters there.
Jun 24, 2024 · Pfizer was founded in 1849 by Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart with the driving ambition to discover innovations that help people. Over the past 175 years, we have achieved that and so much more. To date, we’ve reached billions of patients with our medicines and vaccines.
From humble beginnings. Growing up in Ludwigsburg, Germany, Charles Pfizer learned chemistry as an apothecary apprentice, and Charles Erhart learned about the grocery and confectionary trade.
May 13, 2014 · Pfizer was a chemist, and his cousin Charles Erhart, a confectioner. The cousins' first product, a form of santonin used to treat intestinal worms - a common complaint at the time - was an ...
2 days ago · Pfizer was founded in 1849 by two recent German immigrants to the USA, Charles Pfizer and Charles Erhart. Both in their mid-twenties, the two men set up what was initially a fine chemicals...
