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This is the timeline of modern[
clarification needed ]
antimicrobial [
clarification needed ] (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 , also Salvarsan
[1]
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
[2]
1947 –
sulfadiazine
1948 –
chlortetracycline , the first
tetracycline
1949 –
chloramphenicol , the first
amphenicol
[2]
1949 –
neomycin
1950 –
oxytetracycline
1950 –
penicillin G procaine
1952 –
erythromycin , the first
macrolide
[2]
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 –
oxacillin
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
2017 –
meropenem/vaborbactam
2019 –
imipenem/cilastatin/relebactam
2019 –
cefiderocol
See also
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