Gerhard Johannes Paul Domagk was a German pathologist and bacteriologist. He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine, marketed as Prontosil, as an antibacterial drug, for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine; the drug became the first commercially available antibiotic.
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Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Death PlaceKönigsfeld im Schwarzwald, Germany 1 Field
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1. Gerhard Domagk (Wikidata)
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P19 (place of birth): Łagów, Poland
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He is credited with the discovery of sulfonamidochrysoidine (KL730) as an antibiotic for which he received the 1939 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The drug became the first commercially available antibiotic and marketed under the brand name Prontosil.
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30 October 1895
Infobox, Died
24 April 1964
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