COMPANY

Original company founded as Pharmacia in Stockholm, Sweden, 1911. It merged with Upjohn in 1995 to form Pharmacia & Upjohn. The Pharmacia company was re-created on 3 April 2000 when that merged company itself merged with Searle Pharmaceuticals (Searle itself having been owned by Monsanto.) Acquired by Pfizer in 2003.

Official Website:
http://www.pharmacia.com/

Industry:
Pharmaceutical

EXECUTIVES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Carrie S. Cox	Business	c. 1958		EVP at Schering-Plough
Michael A. Friedman	Doctor	c. 1944		Oncologist, City of Hope
Fred Hassan	Business	12-Nov-1945		CEO of Schering-Plough
Richard U. De Schutter	Business	?		CEO of DuPont Pharmaceuticals, 2000-01

BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Mickey Kantor	Government	7-Aug-1939		US Secretary of Commerce, 1996-97

PAST BOARD MEMBERS OR DIRECTORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Frank Carlucci	Government	18-Oct-1930		US Secretary of Defense, 1987-89
Fred Hassan	Business	12-Nov-1945		CEO of Schering-Plough
Gwendolyn S. King	Government	23-Sep-1940		Commissioner of Social Security, 1989-92
Philip Leder	Biologist	19-Nov-1934		Harvard Geneticist
C. Steven McMillan	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Sara Lee, 2000-05
William U. Parfet	Business	c. 1947		MPI Research
Robert B. Shapiro	Business	4-Aug-1938		CEO of Monsanto, 1995-2000

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