Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were graduates of Hamilton College), Bristol-Myers merged with Squibb Corporation in 1989. James M. Cornelius is the New York City-based company's Chairman and CEO and was granted $25.0 million in compensation in 2008 according to Forbes.
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Bristol-Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY), colloquially referred to as BMS, is a pharmaceutical company. Founded in 1887 by William McLaren Bristol and John Ripley Myers in Clinton, NY (both were graduates of Hamilton College), Bristol-Myers merged with Squibb Corporation in 1989. James M. Cornelius is the New York City-based company's Chairman and CEO and was granted $25.0 million in compensation in 2008 according to Forbes.
Bristol-Myers Squibb manufactures prescription pharmaceuticals in several therapeutic areas, including cancer, HIV/AIDS, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, hepatitis, rheumatoid arthritis and psychiatric disorders. It is also the parent company of Mead Johnson Nutrition, which manufactures nutritional products such as Enfamil baby formulas and infant vitamin supplements like Tri-Vi-Sol. Bristol-Myers Squibb has a mission to "Extend and Enhance Human Life" and works to discover and develop medicines in areas of serious unmet medical need.
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