Procter and Gamble Co

American consumer goods company with its head office in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 1837 and listed in New York, one of the largest consumer products companies in the world. Makes health care products including Vicks cough and cold remedies, Pepto-Bismol and Metamucil, oral care under Oral-B and Crest and vitamins and supplements, together with beauty, grooming, fabric and home care and baby and feminine care brands, and runs its own research and development centres with product safety, toxicology and clinical evaluation laboratories.