Diethylcarbamazine

 

Yellapragada Subbarow (1895–1948) was an Indian biochemist and medical researcher whose discoveries transformed biochemistry, pharmacology, and modern medicine 

 

 

 

While working at Lederle Laboratories, he guided research that led to several important drugs:

• Methotrexate – chemotherapy for cancer and treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

• Diethylcarbamazine – treatment for Lymphatic Filariasis

• Tetracycline (Aureomycin) – one of the first broad-spectrum antibiotics

• Work related to Folic acid metabolism

   

                       Diethylcarbamazine: First Drug For Lymphatic Filariasis

   
  

  
   
  
  

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