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 a.k.a. Salvarsan
- 1912 – Neosalvarsan
- 1935 – Prontosil (an oral precursor to sulfanilamide), the first sulfonamide
- 1936 – Sulfanilamide
- 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
- 1947 – Sulfadiazine
- 1948 – Chlortetracycline, the first tetracycline
- 1949 – Chloramphenicol, the first amphenicol
- 1949 – Neomycin
- 1950 – Oxytetracycline
- 1950 – Penicillin G procaine
- 1952 – Erythromycin, the first macrolide
- 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
- 1979 – Cefaclor
- 1980 – Cefmetazole
- 1980 – Cefotaxime
- 1980 – Piperacillin
- 1981 – Co-amoxiclav (amoxicillin/clavulanic acid)
- 1981 – Cefoperazone
- 1981 – Cefotiam
- 1981 – Cefsulodin
- 1981 – Latamoxef
- 1981 – Netilmicin
- 1982 – Ceftriaxone
- 1982 – Micronomicin
- 1983 – Cefmenoxime
- 1983 – Ceftazidime
- 1983 – Ceftizoxime
- 1983 – Norfloxacin
- 1984 – Cefonicid
- 1984 – Cefotetan
- 1984 – Temocillin
- 1985 – Cefpiramide
- 1985 – Imipenem/cilastatin, the first carbapenem
- 1985 – Ofloxacin
- 1986 – Mupirocin
- 1986 – Aztreonam
- 1986 – Cefoperazone/sulbactam
- 1986 – Co-ticarclav (ticarcillin/clavulanic acid)
- 1987 – Ampicillin/sulbactam
- 1987 – Cefixime
- 1987 – Roxithromycin
- 1987 – Sultamicillin
- 1987 – Ciprofloxacin, the first 2nd-gen fluoroquinolone
- 1987 – Rifaximin, the first ansamycin
- 1988 – Azithromycin
- 1988 – Flomoxef
- 1988 – Isepamycin
- 1988 – Midecamycin
- 1988 – Rifapentine
- 1988 – Teicoplanin
- 1989 – Cefpodoxime
- 1989 – Enrofloxacin
- 1989 – Lomefloxacin
- 1989 – Moxifloxacin
- 1990 – Arbekacin
- 1990 – Cefodizime
- 1990 – Clarithromycin
- 1991 – Cefdinir
- 1992 – Cefetamet
- 1992 – Cefpirome
- 1992 – Cefprozil
- 1992 – Ceftibuten
- 1992 – Fleroxacin
- 1992 – Loracarbef
- 1992 – Piperacillin/tazobactam
- 1992 – Rufloxacin
- 1993 – Brodimoprim
- 1993 – Dirithromycin
- 1993 – Levofloxacin
- 1993 – Nadifloxacin
- 1993 – Panipenem/betamipron
- 1993 – Sparfloxacin
- 1994 – Cefepime
- 1996 – Meropenem
- 1999 – Quinupristin/dalfopristin
- 2000 – Linezolid, the first oxazolidinone
- 2001 – Telithromycin, the first ketolide
- 2003 – Daptomycin
- 2005 – Tigecycline, the first glycylcycline
- 2005 – Doripenem
- 2009 – Telavancin, the first Lipoglycopeptide
- 2010 – Ceftaroline
- 2011 – Fidaxomicin
- 2012 – Bedaquiline
- 2013 – Telavancin
- 2014 – Tedizolid
- 2014 – Dalbavancin
- 2014 – Ceftolozane/tazobactam
- 2015 – Ceftazidime/avibactam
Source :- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_antibiotics
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