From the discovery of therapeutic biologicals in the 1920s, such as Salvarsan and insulin, to the blockbuster drugs birthed in the 1990s, such as Lipitor and Humira, pharma has always been on a ...

Shortly before the discovery of compound 606 ... The first clinical trial of 50 patients with late-stage syphilis using salvarsan (as Ehrlich had named compound 606) was conducted in 1909 ...

They achieved complete cures within three weeks, with no dead animals. In 1910 the drug was released, called Salvarsan, or sometimes just 606. It was an almost immediate success and was sold all ...