The widespread, routine use of antibiotics in animal agriculture in the U.S. contributes to the development of antibiotic resistance, which basically means bacteria adapt to outsmart the drugs. Since ...

Penicillin G acylase (PGA) remains a linchpin in the industrial synthesis of β-lactam antibiotics, with Escherichia coli serving as the primary host for its large‐scale production. The enzyme ...

For thousands of years, micro-organisms have been used to facilitate chemical reactions - in beer brewing, for example. However, biochemical processes are incredibly complex, with a multitude of ...

In a move that could lead to new innovations in antibiotic production, the genome of a freeze-dried sample of Sir Alexander Fleming's original mold that led to his discovery of penicillin has been ...

Norman Heatley, 92, a scientist who helped develop penicillin production, died Jan. 5 at his home near Oxford, England, of undisclosed causes. Penicillin, an antibiotic produced by mold, was ...

Researchers from Imperial College London, CABI, and the University of Oxford, have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming’s penicillin mold for the first time, and compared it to strains that are ...

Multimillion-dollar manufacturing outlays are becoming an annual tradition at Sandoz’s antibiotics plant in Kundl, Austria. After similar moves in 2020 and 2021, Novartis’ generics arm on Monday said ...

Swiss drugmaker Novartis will close a Sandoz generics site in Spain, it said on Tuesday, part of a revamp of its European antibiotics production meant to reduce costs and better compete with rival ...

"PFIZER'S PENICILLIN Landmark," gives the impression that the development of penicillin took a giant leap from its discovery by Alexander Fleming in 1928 to its mass production by Pfizer beginning in ...