Chattem

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Chattem, Inc.

Company type	Subsidiary
Industry	healthcare Over-the-counter-drug manufacturing
Founded	Tennessee (January 30, 1879, as the Chattanooga Medicine Company)
Headquarters	Chattanooga, Tennessee
Key people	Zan Guerry, Chairman, Shaquille O'Neal, brand spokesman, IcyHot and Gold Bond
Products	Allegra, Gold Bond, ACT Mouthwash, Cortizone-10, Flexall, IcyHot, Sun-In, Ultra Swim, Pamprin, Premsyn, Kaopectate, Dexatrim, Aspercreme, Selsun Blue, Nasacort, Unisom, Capzasin, Benzodent, Herpecin-L, Garlique, and New Phase
Revenue	$1 Billion (USD) (2013)
Number of employees	536[1]
Parent	Sanofi
Website	Chattem.com

Chattem, Inc. is an American, Chattanooga, Tennessee-based, producer and marketer of over-the-counter healthcare products, toiletries, dietary supplements, topical analgesics, and medicated skin care products. Originally named the Chattanooga Medicine Company, the company’s brand portfolio holds twenty-two brands including Allegra, Gold Bond, Flexall, IcyHot, Rolaids, Sun-In, Pamprin, Dexatrim, Aspercreme, and Selsun Blue. The company produces two-thirds of its products at its Chattanooga production facilities with the remaining produced by third-party producers. The company is a subsidiary of the French multinational pharmaceutical company Sanofi.

The company’s brands are sold nationally through mass merchandiser, drug and food retailers. In 2005, 70% of the firm's sales were made through its top ten customers, which include Wal-Mart, Walgreens, and Kroger. Sales to Wal-Mart constituted 36% of Chattem’s total sales in 2005. Chattem supports these sales with a forty-five-person sales force and broadcast media advertising. Chattem has market penetration in the United States, Europe, Canada, Latin America, and the Caribbean.