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Marketing as Aspirin
- When
- 1899
- Where
- Bayer
Bayer marketed the synthesized compound as Aspirin in 1899, initially as a powder in glass bottles, establishing a global brand.
By 1899, Bayer had named the drug Aspirin and was selling it globally. The product was initially marketed as a powder supplied in glass bottles. The name derives from Spirsäure, the German term for salicylic acid extracted from meadowsweet.
Sources
- Aspirin Wikipedia, revision of 2026-10-05
- Felix Hoffmann Wikipedia, revision of 2026-08-31
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