International Symposium on
Fixational Eye Movements and Visual Stabilization

Allergan

Allergan is a global, technology-driven multi-specialty health care company pursuing therapeutic advances to help patients live life to their fullest potential. Allergan has franchises in eye care, neurosciences, medical dermatology and urologics.

The innovative spirit that infuses Allergan today can be traced back to Allergan's founder, pharmacist Gavin S. Herbert. In 1948, Mr. Herbert was already the successful owner of a chain of drug stores in Los Angeles. But his interest and entrepreneurial instincts were ignited when a close friend and chemist, Stanley Bly, approached him with an idea for an anti-allergy nose drop containing the antihistamine neoantergan. They set up a small laboratory on the balcony of Mr. Herbert's drugstore in Los Angeles to make the solution, which they named ALLERGAN® Nasal Drops.

Responding to the suggestion of an ophthalmologist friend, Mr. Herbert and Mr. Bly later reformulated the product as an eye drop to treat allergic conjunctivitis (inflammation of the eye). The result was ALLERGAN®, the first antihistamine eye drop in the United States. As would be repeated time and again over the years, the new company achieved success by responding to the suggestion of its customers. The successful launch of ALLERGAN® effectively announced Mr. Herbert's entrance into the specialty field of ophthalmology and also became his new company's moniker when he established Allergan Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 1950 to pursue the potential of this and other therapies he and Mr. Bly would develop.

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