Timeline of antibiotics
This is the timeline of antimicrobial (anti-infective) therapy.
The years show when a given drug was released onto the pharmaceutical
market. This is not a timeline of the development of the antibiotics themselves.
- 1911 - Arsphenamine aka Salvarsan[1]
- 1912 - Neosalvarsan
- 1935 - Prontosil (an oral precursor to sulfanilimide), the first sulfonamide
- 1936 - Sulfanilimide
- 1938 - Sulfapyridine (M&B 693)
- 1939 - sulfacetamide
- 1940 - sulfamethizole
- 1942 - benzylpenicillin, the first penicillin
- 1942 - gramicidin S, the first peptide antibiotic
- 1942 - sulfadimidine
- 1943 - sulfamerazine
- 1944 - streptomycin, the first aminoglycoside[2]
- 1947 - sulfadiazine
- 1948 - chlortetracycline, the first tetracycline
- 1949 - chloramphenicol, the first amphenicol[2]
- 1949 - neomycin
- 1950 - oxytetracycline
- 1950 - penicillin G procaine
- 1952 - erythromycin, the first macrolide[2]
- 1954 - benzathine penicillin
- 1955 - spiramycin
- 1955 - tetracycline
- 1955 - thiamphenicol
- 1955 - vancomycin, the first glycopeptide
- 1956 - phenoxymethylpenicillin
- 1958 - colistin, the first polymyxin
- 1958 - demeclocycline
- 1959 - virginiamycin
- 1960 - methicillin
- 1960 - metronidazole, the first nitroimidazole
- 1961 - ampicillin
- 1961 - spectinomycin
- 1961 - sulfamethoxazole
- 1961 - trimethoprim, the first dihydrofolate reductase inhibitor
- 1962 - cloxacillin
- 1962 - fusidic acid
- 1963 - fusafungine
- 1963 - lymecycline
- 1964 - gentamicin
- 1964 - Cefalotin, the first cephalosporin
- 1966 - doxycycline
- 1967 - carbenicillin
- 1967 - rifampicin
- 1967 - Nalidixic acid, the first quinolone
- 1968 - clindamycin, the second lincosamide
- 1970 - cefalexin
- 1971 - cefazolin
- 1971 - pivampicillin
- 1971 - tinidazole
- 1972 - amoxicillin
- 1972 - cefradine
- 1972 - minocycline
- 1972 - pristinamycin
- 1973 - fosfomycin
- 1974 - talampicillin
- 1975 - tobramycin
- 1975 - bacampicillin
- 1975 - ticarcillin
- 1976 - amikacin
- 1977 - azlocillin
- 1977 - cefadroxil
- 1977 - cefamandole
- 1977 - cefoxitin
- 1977 - cefuroxime
- 1977 - mezlocillin
- 1977 - pivmecillinam
From 1978
See also
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