G. D. Searle & Company

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G. D. Searle & Company was a major American pharmaceutical firm known for developing products such as the artificial sweetener aspartame (NutraSweet) before being acquired by Monsanto.

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instanceOf biotechnology company
pharmaceutical company
subsidiary
acquiredBy Monsanto Company
surface form: Monsanto
acquisitionYear 1985
brand NutraSweet
surface form: Equal (sweetener)

NutraSweet
CEDEndYear 1985
CEO Donald Rumsfeld
CEOStartYear 1977
chairman Donald Rumsfeld
country United States of America
surface form: United States
developed Aldactone
Calan
Daypro
Enovid
aspartame
founded 1888
foundedBy Gideon Daniel Searle
foundingLocation Omaha, Nebraska
headquartersLocation Chicago metropolitan area
Skokie, Illinois NERFINISHED
industry biotechnology
pharmaceuticals
knownFor development of the artificial sweetener aspartame
development of the first oral contraceptive pill Enovid
marketing NutraSweet brand sweetener
mergedInto Pharmacia
Pharmacia
surface form: Pharmacia & Upjohn
notableEmployee Donald Rumsfeld
notableProduct Aldactone
Ambien
Calan
Daypro
Enovid
NutraSweet
surface form: Equal (sweetener)

NutraSweet
aspartame
parentCompany Monsanto Company
surface form: Monsanto
productType artificial sweeteners
over-the-counter drugs
prescription drugs
regulatoryBody Food and Drug Administration
surface form: U.S. Food and Drug Administration
relocatedTo Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago, Illinois
relocationYear 1910
researchFocus drug development
pharmaceutical research
status defunct
successor Pfizer

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Donald Rumsfeld employer G. D. Searle & Company