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pharma-blog @pharma-blog.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
In 1747 James Lind ran what is widely called the first controlled clinical trial and found the cause for scurvy. Then he buried it in five paragraphs of a 400-page book and drew the wrong conclusion.... → substack.com/@pharmahisto...
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Scurvy: 3500 years of „They almost had it”
The history of scurvy and the discovery of vitamin C
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pharma-blog @pharma-blog.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Wrote an article on tuberculosis: from its ancient origins to the drug someone dug out of the dirt. @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social your book was the inspiration and a great resource! Thank you for the great book and the reminder TB was never a disease of the past. open.substack.com/pub/pharmahi...
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Tuberculosis: Our Eternal Enemy...
...and How We Learned to Fight Back
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pharma-blog @pharma-blog.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
@amayor.bsky.social Thank you so much for Greek Fire, Poison Arrows, & Scorpion Bombs. I loved it! I also drew inspiration from it (and used it as a resource) for my own little article about the history of yew and paclitaxel. open.substack.com/pub/pharmahi...
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Paclitaxel: From ancient quivers onto the list of essential medicines
There is a tree that is so poisonous that it has long been a symbol of poison itself.
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pharma-blog @pharma-blog.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
A reminder that most breakthroughs don’t begin with a vision but with curiosity. The story of semaglutide spans decades of basic science, chance encounters and persistence. open.substack.com/pub/pharmahi... #Science #MedicalResearch #DrugDiscovery #Semaglutide #BasicScience #History
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How a venomous lizard increased the GDP of Denmark
History of Semaglutid
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pharma-blog @pharma-blog.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
If you like stories about the history of science, you might enjoy this. I’ve just launched my new blog about the surprising origins of everyday medicines. First up: How Warfarin travelled from cattle barns to the White House open.substack.com/pub/pharmahi... #PharmaHistory #ScienceHistory
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Warfarin: From cattle barns to the Oval Office
The History of Warfarin
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