Penicillin was viewed as a miracle drug that brought enormous profits and shaped public expectations. Photo by author unknown, probably South Carolina in the 1940s.
While penicillin was discovered in England, it was produced industrially in the U.S. using a deep fermentation process originally developed in Peoria, Illinois. The enormous profits and the public expectations penicillin engendered caused a radical shift in the standing of the pharmaceutical industry.
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