Drugmaker Pfizer is warning doctors that it expects to run low on supplies of Bicillin L-A, a long-acting injection of the ...

The move is expected to cause a “near-term stock out of Bicillin L-A,” Pfizer said in its statement, with the drugmaker now allocating “limited quantities of inventory to customers during this period ...

Penicillins are first-choice antibiotics for many common infections, but more than one in 15 UK adults have a penicillin ...

Find patient medical information for Penicillin on WebMD including its uses, side effects and safety, interactions, pictures, warnings, and user ratings ...

Here's what you need to know about penicillin allergies, which aren't as common as you may think.

The Food and Drug Administration July 15 announced a recall by Sandoz on certain lots of cefazolin, due to the lots being ...

Discovered by sheer accident in the late 1920s, penicillin was the world's first antibiotic.

A new study indicates that a significant number of patients recorded as having a penicillin allergy may not actually be allergic, with 92 per cent of those tested found to be negative. The ...

Penicillin Hot on the heels of the sulfonamides came the discovery of penicillin, a chemotherapeutic agent in many respects superior to the sul- fonamides.

Penicillin was first discovered in 1928 and is now the most widely used antibiotic in the world. Find out more about its discovery, history and use.

A medallion containing some of the original mold involved in the discovery of penicillin is expected to fetch up to $50,000 at auction.