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Seeds likely used for herbalism have been found in archaeological sites of Bronze Age China dating from the Shang dynasty [10] (c. 1600 BCE–c. 1046 BCE). Over a hundred of the 224 drugs mentioned in the Huangdi Neijing – an early Chinese medical text – are herbs. [11]
Drug Trade name Type Main indications Company Sales (USD millions/year) ∆ vs 2014 1 Adalimumab: Humira Biologic Rheumatoid arthritis: AbbVie Inc. 14,012 1,469 2 Ledipasvir/sofosbuvir: Harvoni Small molecule Hepatitis C: Gilead Sciences: 13,864 11,737 3 Etanercept: Enbrel Biologic Rheumatoid arthritis: Amgen. Pfizer. 8,697 4,009 4 Infliximab ...
Jack Eckerd (1913–2004), owner/founder of Eckerd Drugs; David Jack (1924–2011), leader of research that developed major asthma drugs; Murray Koffler (1924–2017), founder of Canadian drug store chain Shoppers Drug Mart; Ernest Mario, American pharmaceutical industry executive; Jeff Rein (born 1953), former CEO of Walgreens drug store chain
d. 1075 – Ibn Butlan Christian physician of Baghdad Tacuinum sanitatis the Arabic original and most of the Latin copies, are in tabular format [18] 1018 – 1087 – Michael Psellos or Psellus a Byzantine monk, writer, philosopher, politician and historian. several books on medicine [20]
This multi-page article lists pharmaceutical drugs alphabetically by name. Many drugs have more than one name and, therefore, the same drug may be listed more than once. Brand names and generic names are differentiated by capitalizing brand names. See also the list of the top 100 bestselling branded drugs, ranked by sales.
He studied drug metabolism and the mechanisms of drug effects. Member Natl. Acad. Sci. USA. Adrian John Brown FRS (1852–1920). British expert on brewing and malting at the University of Birmingham. He was a pioneer of enzyme kinetics and proposed an explanation of enzyme saturation. Patrick O. Brown (b. 1954). American biochemist at Stanford ...
Public Domain. Henry Ford is known for many things — the most prominent being mass-manufactured cars and paying workers respectable wages. But his first automobile, made in 1896, was powered by ...
Joan Oró (1923–2004), Catalan biochemist, one of his most important contributions was the prebiotic synthesis of the nucleobase adenine from hydrogen cyanide; Hans Christian Ørsted (1777–1851), first to isolate aluminium; Wilhelm Ostwald (1853–1932), 1909 Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Larry E. Overman (born 1943), American organic chemist