Founded in 1988 by Mitch Singer and Mort Rezack, PL Developments makes, packages and distributes store-brand over-the-counter medicines and consumer healthcare goods. Still family-owned under Singer and his sons, the company has grown from a small private-label operation into a 1,600-plus-employee business with more than 2 million square feet of pharmaceutical facilities. PLD is particularly distinctive for operating the only FDA-approved nicotine chewing-gum facility in the United States, alongside newer nutritional and OTC gummy production.
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Reese Consumer HealthFounded in Cleveland in 1907 as a small independent pharmacy, Reese Consumer Health now develops, manufactures, and distributes branded and private-label over-the-counter health products and supplements. The family-owned company pairs consumer insights with co-creation and manufacturing services, while its own brands include home colon-health testing and single-dose pinworm medicine. Reese is expanding with a 70,000-square-foot manufacturing and collaboration hub in Cleveland.CLEVELAND, OH
Per Os Biosciences LLCCreated in 2009 by a pharmaceutical industry executive, Per Os Biosciences grew from the acquisition of Koko’s Confectionery’s private-label manufacturing business. Today, its Maryland facility develops custom functional chewing gum for supplement and pharmaceutical brands, using proprietary direct-compression technology and an in-house powdered gum base.HUNT VALLEY, MD
Drug Plastics & Glass Co., IncFamily-owned since Fred and Suzanne Biesecker started the business in 1963, Drug Plastics & Glass Co., Inc. grew from a Boyertown basement operation into a U.S. manufacturer with more than 800 employees. Today, the company makes plastic bottles and closures for healthcare and wellness brands, combining direct domestic manufacturing with custom design and in-house mold-making. Its facilities are ISO 15378 certified.BOYERTOWN, PA
Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals, IncFamily owned and operated since 1979, Jerome Stevens Pharmaceuticals manufactures prescription tablet and capsule formulations in the United States. The company moved from vitamins and over-the-counter preparations into prescription medicines in 1987, and in 2000 became the first company to receive FDA approval for a branded levothyroxine product, Unithroid®. Today, it continues to emphasize product quality over volume while producing billions of tablets.BOHEMIA, NY