The major formula manufacturers in the US are Mead Johnson (Bristol Meyers Squibb), Ross Products (Abbott Labs), Nestle, and PBM Nutritionals. PBM Nutritionals bought the old Wyeth manufacturing facility. Wyeth no longer makes or distributes?formula in the US. The only formula company that made or distributed breast pumps was Ross Products who over the years has distributed hand pumps from other pump makers such as White River. Gerber makes a pump and distributes formula in countries other than the US. Most of the pump makers are not?owned?by formula companies. While some pumps on the market are certainly more like toys than medical devices, formula companies have little to do with them.

Marsha Walker, RN, IBCLC
Weston, MA



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