The H. K. Mulford Company became the first commercial producer of diphtheria antitoxin in the U.S.

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In 1895, the H. K. Mulford Company, founded in Philadelphia, became the first commercial producer of diphtheria antitoxin in the U.S.

The company manufactured and sold several human and veterinary medicines, including a smallpox vaccine, rabies vaccine, and antivenin. In 1929, the company merged with Sharp & Dohme Corp.

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