Editing Tylenol (brand) (section)

==History==
The brand was introduced in 1955 by [[McNeil Laboratories]], a family-owned [[pharmaceutical manufacturer]]. Two brothers took over the company from their father that year, and one of them subsequently learned about [[paracetamol]], which was not on the U.S. market at that time.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Singer |first=Natasha |date=2010-06-04 |title=Robert L. McNeil Jr., Chemist Who Introduced Tylenol, Dies at 94 |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/04/business/04mcneil.html |access-date=2023-11-04 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> To avoid competing with [[aspirin]], they marketed it as a product to reduce fever in children, packaging it like a red [[Fire engine|fire truck]] with the slogan, "for little hotheads". The [[brand name]] ''Tylenol'' and the [[United States Adopted Name]] ''acetaminophen'' were generated by McNeil from the chemical name of the drug, ''N''-ace'''tyl'''-''para''-aminoph'''enol''' (APAP).<ref name=":0" />

[[Johnson & Johnson]] bought McNeil in 1959, and one year later the drug was made available [[Over-the-counter drug|over the counter]].<ref name=":0">{{cite news|last1=Miller|first1=Stephen|title=Creator of Tylenol 'For Little Hotheads'|url=https://www.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748704026204575266780552207418|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|date=May 26, 2010}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=TYLENOL® History|url=https://www.tylenol.com/news/about-us|access-date=February 13, 2022|website=TYLENOL®|language=en}}</ref>