Carter-Wallace was a personal care company headquartered in New York City. The company was formed by the merger of Carter Products and Wallace Laboratories. The company has a research facility in Cranbury, New Jersey.
The company was formed as Carter Medicine Company which was incorporated in 1880 by John Samuel Carter of Erie, Pennsylvania. John Carter died in 1884 and his son, Samuel Carter took over. John Higgins Wallace, Jr., a research chemist from Princeton, New Jersey was hired and he formulated Arrid deodorant in 1935.
In 2001 the consumer product line was sold to Church and Dwight and MedPointe bought the diagnostics and drug businesses.
John Samuel Carter (?-1884) 1880 to 1884.Samuel J. Carter, son of John.Brent Good, a New York businessman that convinced John to incorporate.Harry Good, son of Brent.Charles Orcutt, brother-in-law of Harry.Henry Hamilton Hoyt, Sr., son-in-law of Charles; bought a controlling interest in the company.Henry Hamilton Hoyt, Jr.1859: Carter's Little Liver Pills compounded in a four room building in Erie, Pennsylvania.1880: Carter Medicine Company is incorporated.1929: Henry Hamilton Hoyt, Sr. becomes company's managing director.1935: Arrid antiperspirant introduced.1937: Carter Medicine Company becomes Carter Products.1940: Nair depilatory introduced.1949: Rise shaving cream, the first pressurized shave cream is introduced.1961: Henry Hamilton Hoyt, Jr., becomes company chairman.1965: Carter Products is renamed Carter-Wallace.1985: Youngs Drug Products acquired.1988: Sea & Ski sold to Fabergé1989: Hygeia Sciences acquired.1993: Felbatol, a medication for epileptics is launched and later withdrawn from the market1999: Trojan condom Supra, the first polyurethane condom is introduced.2000: Henry Hamilton Hoyt, Jr., retires.2001: MedPointe buys the pharmaceutical pipeline and the Carter-Wallace name, and Church and Dwight buys the personal care brands.Arrid deodorantCarter's Laxative, which was originally known as Carter's Little Liver Pills and after 1959 as Carter's Little Pills.First ResponseLambert KayMeprobamate, marketed as MiltownNair depilatoryPearl DropsCarisoprodol, marketed as SomaTrojan condoms
