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The nine fact lines did not start in Manchester. These are the rooms where the molecules were found, tested, and put on a list.
5-9-1 Shirokane, Minato City, Tokyo 108-8641, Japan
Where Satoshi Omura's soil samples began the avermectin work that led to ivermectin.
Ramsgate Road, Sandwich, Kent CT13 9NJ, United Kingdom
The site where sildenafil's unexpected effect was first taken seriously in the early 1990s.
22021 20th Avenue SE, Bothell, WA 98021, USA
The biotech that discovered tadalafil before partnering with Lilly to launch it as Cialis.
Friedrich-Ebert-Strasse 217, 42117 Wuppertal, Germany
The German laboratories where vardenafil (Levitra) was developed.
126 East Lincoln Avenue, Rahway, NJ 07065, USA
Where finasteride was developed from work on 5-alpha-reductase, later sold as Propecia and Proscar.
Grenzacherstrasse 124, 4058 Basel, Switzerland
The Swiss company that developed isotretinoin, the retinoid marketed as Accutane.
Brockham Park, Betchworth, Surrey RH3 7AJ, United Kingdom
Where the Beecham team engineered amoxicillin from the penicillin nucleus.
Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN 46285, USA
Where fluoxetine (Prozac) was discovered, launching the SSRI era of antidepressants.
Avenue Appia 20, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Keeper of the Model List of Essential Medicines, which lists ivermectin, metformin and amoxicillin.
A soil screen in Tokyo is why a 3 mg chip has a mass-treatment record. A failed angina brief in Sandwich is why a diamond still carries a nitrate hold. A retinoid bench in Basel is why 20 mg cannot skip iPLEDGE. Each medicine note points back to the room that shaped the hold.
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