| Address | Founded in 1880, in London, by the American pharmacists Henry Wellcome and Silas Burroughs.
The company produced a wide range of compressed pharmaceutical products which were sold under a variety of brand names.
The most important of these brand names was ‘Tabloid’, a word invented by Henry Wellcome and registered as a trademark in 1884.
As well as medicines, the ‘Tabloid’ brand name was applied to various products such as photographic chemicals, first aid kits and tea. |