G. D. Searle & Company
| Company type | Subsidiary of Pfizer |
|---|---|
| NYSE: GDS (no longer trading) | |
| Industry | Pharmaceutical |
| Founded | 1888 (as G. D. Searle & Company) |
| Founder | Gideon Daniel Searle |
| Headquarters | New York City, United States |
| Products | Pharmaceutical products |
| Website | searlecompany |
G. D. Searle & Company (often referred to as Searle) was an American pharmaceutical company, now owned by Pfizer. Searle is most notable for having developed the first female birth control pill, and the artificial sweetener NutraSweet. Searle also developed the drug Lomotil, an antidiarrheal medication. One notable alumnus of Searle was Donald Rumsfeld, the Secretary of Defense for George W. Bush in the 2000s. Prior to its 1985 merger with Monsanto, Searle was a company mainly focusing on life sciences, specifically pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and animal health.