Timeline of antibiotics

This is the timeline of antimicrobial (anti-infective) therapy. The years show when given antibiotic was released onto the pharmaceutical market.

1939 sulfacetamide

1940 sufamethizol

1942 penicillin

1942 sulfadimidine

1943 sulfamerazine

1944 streptomycin

1947 sulfadiazine

1948 chlortetracycline

1949 chloramphenicol

1949 neomycin

1950 oxytetracycline

1950 penicillin G procaine

1952 erythromycin

1954 benzathine penicillin

1955 spiramycin

1955 tiamphenicol

1955 vancomycin

1956 penicillin

1958 colistin

1958 demeclocycline

1959 virginiamycin

1960 methicillin

1960 metronidazole

1961 ampicillin

1961 spectinomycin

1961 sulfamethoxazole

1961 trimethoprim

1962 cloxacillin

1962 fusidic acid

1963 fusafungine

1963 lymecycline

1964 gentamycin

1966 doxacycline

1967 carbenicillin

1967 rifampicin

1968 clindamycin

1970 cefalexin

1971 cefazolin

1971 pivampicillin

1971 tinidazole

1972 amoxicillin

1972 cephradine

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 cefsulodin

1980 piperacillin

1981 amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (co-amoxiclav)

1981 cefperazone

1981 cefotiam

1981 cefsulodin

1981 latamoxef

1981 netelmicin

1982 apalcillin

1982 ceftriaxone

1982 micronomicin

1983 cefmenoxime

1983 ceftazidime

1983 ceftiroxime

1983 norfloxacin

1984 cefonicid

1984 cefotetan

1984 temocillin

1985 cefpiramide

1985 imipenem/cilastatin

1985 ofloxacin

1986 mupirocin

1986 aztreonam

1986 cefoperazone/sulbactam

1986 ticarcillin/clavulanic acid

1987 ampicillin/sulbactam

1987 cefixime

1987 roxithromycin

1987 sultamicillin

1987 ciprofloxacin

1988 azithromycin

1988 cefaclor

1988 flomoxef

1988 isepamycin

1988 midecamycin

1988 rifapentine

1988 teicoplanin

1989 cefpodoxime

1989 enrofloxacin

1989 lomefloxacin

1990 arbekacin

1990 cefozidime

1990 clarithromycin

1991 cefdinir

1992 cefetamet

1992 cefpirome

1992 cefprozil

1992 ceftibufen

1992 fleroxacin

1992 loracarbef

1992 piperacillin/tazobactam

1992 rufloxacin

1993 brodimoprim

1993 dirithromycin

1993 levofloxacin

1993 nadifloxacin

1993 panipenem/betamipron

1993 sparfloxacin

1994 cefepime

1999 quinupristin/dalfopristin

2000 linezolid

2001 telithromycin

==See also:==

Timeline of medicine and medical technology

List of themed timelines