The manufacturer of Premarin was purchased by Pfizer in what year?
Premarin Premarin is the brand name for an estrogen medication that consists of conjugated estrogens isolated from the urine of pregnant mares (pregnant mares' urine). It is manufactured by Wyeth (now a part of Pfizer), and was first marketed in 1941 and 1942 in Canada and the United States, respectively, for the treatment of menopausal symptoms.
Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Glenmark Pharmaceuticals is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Mumbai, India that was founded in 1977 by Gracias Saldanha as a generic drug and active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturer; he named the company after his two sons. The company initially sold its products in India, Russia, and Africa. The company went public in India in 1999, and used some of the proceeds to build its first research facility. Saldanha's son Glenn took over as CEO in 2001, having returned to India after working at PriceWaterhouseCoopers. By 2008 Glenmark was the fifth biggest pharmaceutical company in India.