pharmacutical industry and history of drugs and halthcare profession.
pharmacutical industry and history of drugs and halthcare profession The pharmaceutical industry develops, produces, and markets drugs or pharmaceuticals for use as medications . [1] Pharmaceutical companies may deal in generic or brand medications and medical devices. They are subject to a variety of laws and regulations that govern the patenting , testing, safety, efficacy and marketing of drugs . History Mid-1800s – 1945: From botanicals to the first synthetic drugs The modern pharmaceutical industry traces its roots to two sources. The first of these were local apothecaries that expanded from their traditional role distributing botanical drugs such as morphine and quinine to wholesale manufacture in the mid 1800s. Rational drug discovery from plants started particularly with the isolation of morphine , analgesic and sleep-inducing agent ...