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Invented Antibiotic Tetracycline
CONOVER, Floyd H. (1923- ) Scientist who invented the antibiotic Tetracycline. It is the first antibiotic made by chemically modifying a naturally produced drug. It soon became one of the most useful antibiotics for treatment of a number of infectious diseases. In 1950, a Pfizer team led by Conover mass produced Terramycin synthetically. Inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame (1992). A very scarce original sketch on a 4”x6” card of the breakdown of Tetracycline, signed in full adding “Tetracycline” by his hand............ $75.00
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