Atley was founded in 1993 by the husband and wife team of John Henry and Elizabeth Attkisson. After a successful career in pharmaceutical sales in the 1980’s and early 1990’s, with UAD Laboratories and then Forest Laboratories, John Henry had a vision of creating a company based on the mission of “Creating a new standard of respect and appreciation for the pharmaceutical industry”. His goal was to create and build a company dedicated foremost to serving the needs of patients and providers by offering brand name, prescription pharmaceuticals at affordable prices. Today, John Henry and Elizabeth, both active in daily operations, continue to operate the company from a modern, purpose-built home office and distribution facility in Ashland, Virginia.

From the company’s inception, in the founders’ home and a small leased warehouse facility, to its current status as a rapidly growing pharmaceutical company, Atley has remained dedicated to its original mission. The goal of providing differentiated, affordable pharmaceuticals to the market is at the core of everything Atley does.

To maintain our lower cost of operations, the Atley sales team is compensated on a straight commission basis and drive and maintain their own automobiles. While Atley provides product samples for doctors to give to patients on a trial basis, the company avoids expensive gimmicks, giveaways, lunches and dinners for doctors and other costly promotional items which ultimately are passed on to patients in the form of higher prices.

Atley’s emphasis on traditional values is a reflection of the owners’ belief that the company has an obligation to providers to treat their time as an important asset and assure that they and their patients benefit from interactions with Atley sales people.Our salespeople are unfailingly courteous, professionally dressed and ready to quickly and concisely provide accurate product information to the doctor at a moment’s notice. To give back to the community at large, the company makes regular contributions of products to mission trips, both home and abroad, organized by healthcare professionals familiar with our products.