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The following is a table of drugs organized by their year of discovery. Naturally occurring chemicals in plants, including alkaloids, have been used since pre-history.In the modern era, plant-based drugs have been isolated, purified and synthesised anew.
The history of medicine in the Philippines discusses the folk medicinal practices and the medical applications used in Philippine society from the prehistoric times before the Spaniards were able to set a firm foothold on the islands of the Philippines for over 300 years, to the transition from Spanish rule to fifty-year American colonial embrace of the Philippines, and up to the establishment ...
Then in 1949, he submitted samples of his work to the company's research team who in 1952 declared the discovery of a new kind of antibiotic. According to the team, the new drug was capable of treating several kinds of infections minus the common side-effects of antibiotics, and could be given to those who were allergic to penicillin. [59]
Despite the rise of combinatorial chemistry as an integral part of lead discovery process, natural products still play a major role as starting material for drug discovery. [56] A 2007 report [ 57 ] found that of the 974 small molecule new chemical entities developed between 1981 and 2006, 63% were natural derived or semisynthetic derivatives ...
He sold these drugs in single doses and using his savings decided to buy an assortment of medicine which he later peddled through a pushcart. [5] [6] He would eventually found Mercury Drug in Bambang on March 1, 1945. [4] Mercury Drug would open its second store in 1963. [4] In 1972, Mercury would acquire the Tropical Hut fast-food and ...
The drug policy of the Philippines is guided by the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 and is implemented by the Dangerous Drugs Board with its implementing arm, the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency along with other member agencies. Aside from regulating and prohibiting the usage, sale, production of certain drugs, the 2002 law is ...
Abelardo Aguilar (November 3, 1917 – September 22, 1993) was a Filipino doctor from Iloilo, Philippines who worked as a medical representative for Eli Lilly and Company. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Discovery of erythromycin
The Mercury Drug Corporation, better known as Mercury Drug, is a Filipino pharmacy chain. A subsidiary of the Mercury Group of Companies, it is headquartered in Bagumbayan, Quezon City. [5] The chain was founded in Santa Cruz, Manila in 1945, [1] making it the second oldest drugstore chain in the Philippines after Southstar Drug by eight years.