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F. H. Faulding & Co was a pharmaceutical company founded in Adelaide, Australia, in 1845 by Francis Hardey Faulding (23 August 1816 – 19 November 1868), a native of Swinefleet, near Goole in Yorkshire, son of Francis Faulding, a surgeon.〔A. F. Scammell, ('Faulding, Francis Hardey (1816–1868)' ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 4, Melbourne University Press, 1972, pp 159–160.〕 ==History== Francis Hardey Faulding arrived in Sydney on the ''Nabob'' in February 1842,〔(F H Faulding ), South Australian Medical Heritage Society Inc, www.samhs.org.au〕 in the midst of an economic slump. He travelled on the brig ''Dorset'' to Adelaide in May, where he weathered the slump,〔(Obituary, F H Faulding ) ''South Australian Register'' 21 November 1868 p.2 accessed 30 January 2011〕 and opened a pharmacy at 5 Rundle Street on 9 May 1845.〔 The pharmacy flourished, so he purchased a warehouse in Clarence Place in the city and transferred the manufacturing and wholesale arms of the business there.〔(An Adelaide Firm's Diamond Jubilee ), ''The Advertiser'' 2 April 1906 p.9 accessed 30 January 2011〕 In 1861 he entered into partnership with Luther Scammell (1826–1910). Scammell, also a Yorkshireman, had received medical training at Guy's Hospital〔(F.H.Faulding & Co. Manifold Activities ), ''The Advertiser'' 24 February 1923 p.10 accessed 30 January 2011〕 and arrived in Adelaide in 1849 to practice in the Burra mines, then subsequently set up business in Port Adelaide. Faulding had numerous other interests: In 1847 he was one of the founders of the South Australian Institute (another was business competitor William Bickford (1815–1850)).〔(South Australian Institute ) ''South Australian Advertiser'' 27 October 1863 p.4 accessed 5 March 2011〕 On 16 December 1864 he was elected councillor for the Hindmarsh ward of the Adelaide City Council. He was a director of the Bank of Adelaide and trustee of the Savings Bank of South Australia. On 16 September 1852 he married Eliza Macgeorge at her home "Urr Brae" later "Urrbrae", the famous home of Peter Waite.〔http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4787431〕 (His sister Eliza (1824 – 2 February 1907) had married Thomas Waterhouse a week previously.〔() ''South Australian Register'' 26 August 1852 p.2 accessed 2 March 2011〕) In 1857 they left the residence on Stephens Place corner of North Terrace for an extended stay in England.〔()〕 He died without issue in 1868, aged 52〔 at his mansion "Wooton Lea" near Glen Osmond.〔(Obituary ) ''South Australian Register'' 8 December 1868 accessed 2 March 2011〕 On 1 December 1869 the widowed Eliza Faulding married family friend Anthony Forster but they divorced six years later.〔http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article40086067〕 Scammell became sole owner on the founder's death in 1868. He immediately appointed Philip Dakers as the company's London buyer, and in 1876 built a prominent warehouse in King William Street later expanding to James Place which became the front office address. He was forced to retire in 1889 when the Bank of Adelaide threatened foreclosure after a series of failed mining and pastoral speculations.〔Peter Donovan, (Scammell, Luther Robert (1858–1940) ), ''Australian Dictionary of Biography'', Volume 16, Melbourne University Press, 2002, pp 182–183. Accessed 30 January 2011〕 Two of his sons, Luther Robert Scammell FCS LSA (20 March 1858 – 8 April 1940) and William J. Scammell (26 October 1856 – 19 April 1928) acquired the manufacturing and wholesaling operations, and the business name, in 1888; the retail shops were sold to John White to reduce the debt to the bank.〔〔(Death of Mr Luther Scammell ), ''The Advertiser'' 12 March 1910 p.14 accessed 30 January 2011〕 Scammell Snr. was also involved in politics and, with Thomas Hardy and Sir Samuel Davenport, was a pioneer of South Australia's olive oil industry,〔(Personal ), ''The Advertiser'' 31 May 1906 p.6 accessed 30 January 2011〕 producing its first oil in 1864.〔 The company expanded under the two brothers. In 1890 they founded a branch in rented premises in Perth, and from 1894 under the management of Walter Wesley Garner, it thrived and expanded, later setting up a warehouse and laboratory in Murray Street. A Sydney branch was founded in 1899 in O'Connell Street under J. P. Gold, and in Newcastle under J. P. F. Gwynne. Later W. J. Scammell took charge and a factory was built in Redfern. Alfred F. Scammell & R.G. Scammell (sons of L.R. Scammell), and Rupert Boswood Scammell & George Vance Scammell (b. 1903) (sons of W.J. Scammell), became directors of the company, the latter two at the Sydney branch. The former two moved to Sydney in 1911.〔(S.A. Firm's 90th Anniversary ), ''The Advertiser'' 17 May 1935, p.23. Accessed 31 January 2011〕 In June 1921 Faulding & Co. became a private company, with L.R. Scammell as chairman and managing director. He continued to run the firm's affairs until 1935. Day-to-day management then passed to his elder son Alfred, but Luther remained chairman of directors until his death in 1940.〔 In 1971 Faulding's purchased Jasol Chemical Products, an Adelaide manufacturer of unsophisticated but effective and popular sterilising and cleaning agents. Dr. Ed Tweddell was appointed managing director in 1988 and entered into a joint venture with CSIRO to develop new drugs under Keating government's "Factor f" scheme, and later the Pharmaceutical Industry Investment Program. In 1999, Fauldings were promised $40 million in federal funding over five years in return for industry development. Faulding Pharmaceuticals expanded its northern hemisphere operations and in 2001〔 the Mayne Nickless group (as Mayne Pharma) took over the company, whereupon Tweddell resigned from the board. Mayne Pharma was bought out in 2007 by the US Hospira conglomerate. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「F. H. Faulding & Co」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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