Year
Chemistry: Fuels, Metals or Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceuticals

Drug Industries

Drug Effectiveness and Safety

Types of Medicinal Drugs

Drug Detection

Introduction

"The modern era of the pharmaceutical industry—of isolation and purification of compounds, chemical synthesis, and computer-aided drug design—is considered to have begun in the 19th century, thousands of years after intuition and trial and error led humans to believe that plants, animals, and minerals contained medicinal properties. The unification of research in the 20th century in fields such as chemistry and physiology increased the understanding of basic drug-discovery processes. Identifying new drug targets, attaining regulatory approval from government agencies, and refining techniques in drug discovery and development are among the challenges that face the pharmaceutical industry today. The continual evolution and advancement of the pharmaceutical industry is fundamental in the control and elimination of disease around the world." (Britannica, 2016)

History of Pharmaceuticals

Jenner and Smallpox

Zompi, S. (2013, October 28). How we conquered the deadly smallpox virus [Video File]. Ted Ed.

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