Pharmaceutical Companies in Indiana
The state of Indiana, where Crown Point is located, is known for many things. It is home to the Pacers, the Colts, the Hoosiers and the Notre Dame Fighting Irish; it is also host to the Greatest Spectacle in Racing, the Indianapolis 500. There are other natural and man-made attractions, but Indiana appeals to more than tourists. As a matter of fact, this state has been a promised land for several pharmaceutical companies. Eli Lilly and Company, for instance, established his global headquarters on McCarthy Street in South Indianapolis. Lilly was the first company to producer penicillin en-masse, and is the largest manufacturer and distributor of psychiatric drugs in the world. They are also well known for their erectile dysfunction medicine Cialis.
Speaking of erectile dysfunction treatments, Pfizer has also staked a claim to a piece of Indiana land. The developers of Sildenafil Citrate, a substance that has spawned a wide variety of Generic Viagra drugs for impotence, created an animal health division in 1959, which set up shop in Terre Haute, Indiana. This division has produced a few health brands such as Cerenia (for motion sickness and vomiting in dogs), Convenia (skin infections in cats and dogs), Dectomax (parasites in cattle), Draxxin (bovine respiratory disease in cattle and swine respiratory disease in pigs), Excede (antibiotic), Mycitracin (prevention and fighting of infection and speeding the healing of wounds), Palladia (canine mast cell tumor), Pirsue (mastitis in cattle), A180 (antibiotic), Selamectin (parasiticide and antihelminthic used on dogs and cats), Rymadil (relief of arthritic symptoms in geriatric dogs), Simplicef (acute otitis media, pharyngitis, and sinusitis), and Slentrol (obesity in dogs).
Century Pharmaceuticals was also founded in Indianapolis in 1966. This company markets a topical treatment for chronic wounds called Darkin's Solution, named after its creator Henry Darkin, though it was later modified by Century. Other pharmaceutical companies with facilities in Indiana are Alexander Chemical Corp and BioChrom Labs.