Upsher-Smith Laboratories, LLC is a century-old American pharmaceutical company based in Maple Grove, Minnesota that brings brands and generics to a wide array of customers. Upsher-Smith is a part of Japan-based Sawai Group Holdings Co., Ltd. Locations Maple Grove, Minnesota: Corporate Headquarters Morristown, New Jersey: Corporate Office Plymouth, Minnesota: Manufacturing Denver, Colorado: Manufacturing History Founded in 1919 as a maker of digitalis drugs, Upsher-Smith has traditionally focused on the manufacture of generic medications. In 2017, after owning and operating Upsher-Smith for 47 years, the Evenstad family made the decision to sell the largest part of their company, the generics business, to Sawai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., a large publicly traded generics company in Japan that had been seeking entry into the U.S. market. Upsher-Smith’s non-generic pharmaceuticals businesses Proximagen, Pairnomix and MOBĒ remained with ACOVA, a holding company owned by the Evenstads. Products Upsher-Smith offers brand and generic pharmaceuticals to treat the following disease states: Hypertension High Cholesterol Influenza Epilepsy Congestive Heart Failure Blood Clots Alzheimer's Disease Depression Overactive Bladder Heart Arrhythmia Schizophrenia Multiple Sclerosis Low Testosterone Migraine References Pharmaceutical companies of the United States Health care companies based in Minnesota Pharmaceutical companies established in 1919 Maple Grove, Minnesota 2017 mergers and acquisitions American subsidiaries of foreign companies