Fisons Pharmaceuticals Ltd (1 results)
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More imagesPublished by Loughborough 1968
Seller: Jeremy Norman's historyofscience, Novato, U.S.A.Jeremy Norman's historyofscience
Contact seller4-star seller333 x 204 mm. Very good. Collection of photocopied documents (ca 140ff.), in binder marked "Confidential," relating to sodium cromoglycate, an asthma-treating drug discovered by Dr. Roger Altounyan (1922-87) in 1968. This drug, sold under the name "Opticrom," turned out to be a major blockbuster drug for Fisons Pharmaceuticals f…or the prophylaxis of asthma.