Synthesis by microbes or chemists? pharmaceutical research and manufacturing in the antibiotic era

History and Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 237-256

  Daemmrich, Arthur ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Chemical synthesis; Fermentation; Penicillin; Pfizer; Pharmaceutical manufacturing; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950756685     PISSN: 07341512     EISSN: 14772620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07341510903083237     Document Type: Article

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