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Block Drug Company was a pharmaceutical company based in Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is a City in Hudson County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Jersey City was 240,055, making it New Jersey's List of municipalities in New Jersey , behind Newark, New Jersey....
, that specialized in dental care products.

GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical industry, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's second largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products covering anti-infectives, central nervous system, respiratory, gastro-intestinal/metabolic,...
 purchased the company for $1.24 billion in 2001.

Its most popular products included Polident denture cleanser, Poli-Grip dental adhesive, Nytol
Nytol

File:Nytol UK.jpgNytol is a brand of sleeping pill produced by GlaxoSmithKline. The active ingredient is Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride, which is a type of medicine called a sedating antihistamine....
 sleeping pill, Tegrin medicated shampoo for Psoriasis
Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic, non-contagious autoimmune disease which affects the skin and joints. It commonly causes red scaly patches to appear on the skin....
, Lava
Lava (soap)

Lava, occasionally confused with Magno, black glycerine soap, is a heavy-duty hand cleaner made by WD-40, first produced in 1893. WD-40 acquired the brand from Block Drug in 1999 who acquired it from Procter & Gamble in 1995....
 hand soaps, Beano
Beano (dietary supplement)

Beano is an enzyme-based dietary supplement that is used to reduce gas in the digestive tract, thereby preventing flatulence. It contains the enzyme alpha galactosidase that breaks down oligosaccharides such as raffinose....
 and Phazyme anti-gas products, Balmex diaper rash ointments, and Sensodyne
Sensodyne

Sensodyne is a toothpaste marketed for individuals with sensitive teeth. It is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline which acquired it in 2001 in the purchase of Block Drug which developed it....
 desensitizing toothpaste.






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Block Drug Company was a pharmaceutical company based in Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City, New Jersey

Jersey City is a City in Hudson County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the population of Jersey City was 240,055, making it New Jersey's List of municipalities in New Jersey , behind Newark, New Jersey....
, that specialized in dental care products.

GlaxoSmithKline
GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline plc is a United Kingdom-based pharmaceutical industry, biological, and healthcare company. GSK is the world's second largest pharmaceutical company and a research-based company with a wide portfolio of pharmaceutical products covering anti-infectives, central nervous system, respiratory, gastro-intestinal/metabolic,...
 purchased the company for $1.24 billion in 2001.

Its most popular products included Polident denture cleanser, Poli-Grip dental adhesive, Nytol
Nytol

File:Nytol UK.jpgNytol is a brand of sleeping pill produced by GlaxoSmithKline. The active ingredient is Diphenhydramine Hydrochloride, which is a type of medicine called a sedating antihistamine....
 sleeping pill, Tegrin medicated shampoo for Psoriasis
Psoriasis

Psoriasis is a chronic, non-contagious autoimmune disease which affects the skin and joints. It commonly causes red scaly patches to appear on the skin....
, Lava
Lava (soap)

Lava, occasionally confused with Magno, black glycerine soap, is a heavy-duty hand cleaner made by WD-40, first produced in 1893. WD-40 acquired the brand from Block Drug in 1999 who acquired it from Procter & Gamble in 1995....
 hand soaps, Beano
Beano (dietary supplement)

Beano is an enzyme-based dietary supplement that is used to reduce gas in the digestive tract, thereby preventing flatulence. It contains the enzyme alpha galactosidase that breaks down oligosaccharides such as raffinose....
 and Phazyme anti-gas products, Balmex diaper rash ointments, and Sensodyne
Sensodyne

Sensodyne is a toothpaste marketed for individuals with sensitive teeth. It is a registered trademark of GlaxoSmithKline which acquired it in 2001 in the purchase of Block Drug which developed it....
 desensitizing toothpaste.

The company was founded in in 1907 by Alexander Block, a Russian immigrant who had a small drugstore on Fulton Street (Brooklyn)
Fulton Street (Brooklyn)

Fulton Street, street name after engineer Robert Fulton, exists mainly in two parts in what are today two borough s of New York City which Fulton linked by his steam ferries, and each segment has its own distinct identity....
 in Brooklyn, New York. He turned the company into a wholesaler in 1915 and then was a drug manufacturer in 1925 acquiring a 50 percent interest in Wernet's Dental Manufacturing Company.

The company incorporated in 1970 and traded on NASDAQ under the ticker symbol
Ticker symbol

A stock symbol or ticker symbol is a mnemonic used to uniquely identify publicly-traded stock of a corporation on a particular stock market....
 BLOCA.

At the time of its sale to Glaxo it was reported to have $900 million in annual sales, operations in 100 countries and employed 3,000 people.