The Mold In Dr Florey's Coat

The Mold In Dr Florey's Coat by Eric Lax


Authors
Eric Lax
ISBN
9780805077780
Published
Binding
Paperback
Pages
336
Dimensions
140 x 210 x 20mm

The Story Of The Penicillin Miracle

Fleming's discovery of penicillin 1928 and its eventual development as the first antibiotic by a team at Oxford University headed by Florey and Chain in 1942 led to the introduction of the most important family of drugs of the twentieth century. Yet credit for penicillin is largely misplaced. Neither Fleming nor Florey and his associates ever made real money from their achievements; instead it was the American labs that won patents on penicillin's manufacture and drew royalties from its sale.

Why this happened is a story of quirky individuals, missed opportunities, medical prejudice, brilliant science, shoestring research, wartime pressures, misplaced modesty, conflicts between mentors and their protégés, and the passage of medicine from one era to the next.
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