7.拜耳集团

    1932年，德国拜耳集团（Bayer）的化学家合成了第一个抗生素百浪多息（Prontosil）。10多年后，盘尼西林才在市场上销售。作为治疗细菌感染的第一种化学药品，百浪多息和随后的“碘胺类”药物开创了医药行业的新纪元。1939年，拜耳研究员格哈德•多马克凭借其对百浪多息的研发，获得了诺贝尔奖（Nobel Prize）。—Tim Smith

    7. Bayer

    Chemists working for Bayer synthesized Prontosil, the first antibiotic, in 1932, more than a decade before penicillin became commercially available. Prontosil and subsequent “sulfa” drugs—the first chemicals used to treat bacterial infections—opened a new era in medicine. Gerhard Domagk, a Bayer researcher, was awarded the Nobel Price for his work on prontosil in 1939. —Tim Smith