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Year of discovery: 1949, Uses: Treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, inflammation, Scientist involved: Philip Showalter Hench

Year of discovery: 1943, Uses: Antibiotic for tuberculosis and other infections, Scientist involved: Selman Waksman

Year of discovery: 1804, Uses: Pain management, particularly severe pain, Scientist involved: Friedrich Sertürner

Year of discovery: Identification in the 17th century, Uses: Treatment of malaria, Scientist involved: Unknown, but isolated by Pelletier and Caventou in 1820

Year of discovery: 1987, Uses: Antiretroviral used to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, Scientist involved: Jerome Horwitz

Year of discovery: 1963, Uses: Anxiety, seizures, muscle spasms, and alcohol withdrawal, Scientist involved: Leo Sternbach

Year of discovery: 1948, Uses: Anticoagulant for preventing blood clots, Scientist involved: Karl Paul Link

Year of discovery: 1998, Uses: Erectile dysfunction, pulmonary arterial hypertension, Scientist involved: A team at Pfizer

Year of discovery: Synthesized in 1874, commercially introduced by Bayer in 1898, Uses: Originally a pain reliever, now a controlled substance, Scientist involved: C.R. Alder Wright

Year of discovery: 1928, Uses: Antibiotic for bacterial infections, Scientist involved: Alexander Fleming

Year of discovery: Use as an anesthetic in 1847, Uses: Anesthetic, disinfectant (historical), Scientist involved: James Young Simpson

Year of discovery: 1970, Uses: Immunosuppressant drug to prevent transplant rejection, Scientist involved: Jean-François Borel

Year of discovery: 1947, Uses: Chemotherapy agent and immune system suppressant, Scientist involved: Yellapragada Subbarow

Year of discovery: Iproniazid developed in the 1950s, Uses: Antidepressants, Scientist involved: Nathan S. Kline

Year of discovery: 1970s, Uses: Lowering cholesterol levels to prevent cardiovascular disease, Scientist involved: Akira Endo

Year of discovery: 1897, Uses: Pain relief, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, Scientist involved: Felix Hoffmann

Year of discovery: 1934, Uses: Hormone therapy, contraception, Scientist involved: Willard Myron Allen

Year of discovery: 1960s, Uses: Treatment of high blood pressure, angina, and anxiety, Scientist involved: James W. Black

Year of discovery: 1938, Uses: Originally studied for psychiatric uses, now a Schedule I drug, Scientist involved: Albert Hofmann

Year of discovery: Use as an anesthetic in 1846, Uses: Anesthetic, Scientist involved: William T. G. Morton

Year of discovery: 1996, Uses: Treatment and prevention of influenza A and B, Scientist involved: A team led by Gilead Sciences

Year of discovery: Enovid approved in 1960, Uses: Contraception, Scientist involved: Frank Colton

Year of discovery: 1921, Uses: Diabetes management, Scientist involved: Frederick Banting and Charles Best

Year of discovery: 1944, Uses: ADHD and certain cases of narcolepsy, Scientist involved: Leandro Panizzon