Article: Fort Worth, Texas-Based Drug Maker Alcon Laboratories Buys Vitamin Line.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Sep. 28--FORT WORTH, Texas--Alcon Laboratories has changed with the times.

Fifty-one years ago, the founders of the Fort Worth company cooked up a line of pharmaceuticals with a home blender and pressure cooker. From those humble beginnings, the company grew into a $2 billion operation, with a hefty research and development program and the leadership position in its industry.

This month, Alcon got in step with another trend: It bought a line of dietary supplements, the kind of nutritional vitamins that were once criticized by many pharmaceutical companies and medical professionals.

By buying the ...

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