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Dear Colleagues!   Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #131. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  Please share your stories, ideas and thoughts. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Continued from last…… I outlined the manner in which Orthopedic was developed for Tarivid in Part I. The second major breakthrough was use in Typhoid (Enteric Fever). Enteric fever, which spreads through contaminated water and food, had been a major health problem in Pakistan. Some areas of interior Sindh and South Punjab were declared endemic areas. Every summer, hundreds of thousands of people suffered from typhoid epidemic. Long time back, there was no really effective treatme...

Dear Colleagues!   Today is Pharma Veterans Blog Post #130. Pharma Veterans shares your wealth of knowledge and wisdom with others for the benefit of entire Pharma Community. It aims to recognize and celebrate the Pharma Industry Professionals.  Pharma Veterans Blog  is published by Asrar Qureshi on WordPress , the top blog site.  Please share your stories, ideas and thoughts. Please email to asrar@asrarqureshi.com for publishing your contributions here . Contrary to popular perception, Quinolones have been around for over forty years. Negram (nalidixic acid) was introduced by Sterling Winthrop, the company that also owned Panadol and the anabolic steroid Stanozolol. It was much before anabolic steroids were banned from sports and were discouraged for general population. Winthrop rolled back their operations from Pakistan and sold their these to Pharmatec. Later Panadol was acquired by GSK. Anyway, Negram was indicated for Urinary Tract Infec...