The Pfizer Company first came into being in 1849 in New York through the association between a German chemist, Charles Pfizer, and his cousin, a confectioner, Charles Erhart. In fact these two men first collaborated with the objective of creating and the large scale manufacturing of a type of confectionary named Santonine which was a remedy for treating intestinal worms but had a bitter taste. The associates had the idea of covering these pills with a nutty layer.