Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

700 E Business Center Dr
Mount Prospect, Illinois 60056-2176
USA
tel: +1 8472991987
http://www.watsonpharm.com

Description

Watson Pharmaceuticals Inc. develops, manufactures, and sells proprietary (brand) and off-patent, or generic, pharmaceutical products. The company offers more than 140 generic products as well as 30 branded products marketed through three divisions: general products, nephrology, and women's health. Watson was formed in 1985 and grew significantly during the 1990s by making key acquisitions. During 2002, more than 178 million prescriptions were filled with a Watson product--the company reported that 11 times every second of every 12-hour business day, a company product was dispensed by a U.S. pharmacist. Watson Pharmaceuticals was launched in the mid-1980s, when the market for generic drugs was blooming. Generic drugs are off-brand drugs that are chemically the same as their brand-name cousins. When a pharmaceutical company develops and patents a new drug, the patent protection typically allows the inventor to sell the drug (at a premium) for several years free from direct competition. Once the patent protection terminates, however, other companies are free to copy and produce the same drug. The generic drug industry began to emerge as a force in the early 1980s, when many pharmaceutical goods that had been developed in the 1970s lost their patent protection. When the manufacturers of those proprietary products continued to charge high prices, generic drug makers jumped into the game, offering drugs that were identical in effect but much lower in price.

Products

Drugs and Druggists' Sundries Merchant Wholesalers
Offices and clinics of medical doctors
Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
Pharmaceuticals

Locations

311 Bonnie Cir
Corona, California 92880-2882
USA
tel: +1 9512701400
1810 Pchtree Ind Blvd
Duluth, Georgia 30097-8180
USA
tel: +1 6785845678

890 Shoreline Rd
Barrington, Illinois 60010-3887
USA
tel: +1 8473818216
3400 W Lake Ave
Glenview, Illinois 60026-1213
USA
tel: +1 8477298470
605 Tri State Pkwy
Gurnee, Illinois 60031-5277
USA
tel: +1 8473775500
360 Mount Kemble Ave
Morristown, New Jersey 07960-6662
USA
tel: +1 9733558300
39 Mount Ebo Rd S
Brewster, New York 10509-4004
USA
tel: +1 8452783700
1033 Stoneleigh Ave
Carmel, New York 10512-2414
USA
tel: +1 9147672000
33 Ralph Ave
Copiague, New York 11726-1532
USA
tel: +1 6316938000
State Road 3 Km 76 St State Ro
Humacao, Puerto Rico 00792
USA
tel: +1 7876567500
577 Chipeta Way
Salt Lake City, Utah 84108-1222
USA
tel: +1 8015886525