Timeline of antibiotics

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


 * 1910 Arsphenamine aka Salvarsan
 * 1912 Neosalvarsan
 * 1928 Penicillium chrysogenum
 * 1935 Prontosil (an oral precursor to sulfanilimide)
 * 1936 Sulfanilimide
 * 1939 sulfacetamide
 * 1940 sulfamethizole
 * 1942 benzylpenicillin
 * 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 tetracycline
 * 1955 thiamphenicol
 * 1955 vancomycin
 * 1956 phenoxymethylpenicillin
 * 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 gentamicin
 * 1966 doxacycline
 * 1967 carbenicillin
 * 1967 rifampicin
 * 1968 clindamycin
 * 1970 cefalexin
 * 1971 cefazolin
 * 1971 pivampicillin
 * 1971 tinidazole
 * 1972 amoxicillin
 * 1972 cefradine
 * 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
 * 1987 rifaximin
 * 1988 azithromycin
 * 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
 * 2003 daptomycin
 * 2005 tigecycline