Events Tagged: "pharmaceutical"

Emil Fischer begins work on sugar chemistry at University of Erlangen - advances pharmaceutical chemistry

Amphetamines first synthesized in late 1920s; initially marketed as Benzedrine inhalers for nasal congestion

The first birth control pill becomes commercially available

Pharmaceutical companies shift marketing focus to licensed medical doctors per FDA mandates

Teachers begin serving as 'sickness brokers' using pharmaceutical-industry-developed rating scales