Pharmacoeconomics
Johnson & Johnson
What is the largest pharmaceutical corporation in the United States?
William Procter Jr.
Who is the Father of American Pharmacy?
Breaking Bad
What Netflix series set in New Mexico revolved around a high school chemistry teacher who succumbed to monetizing his skill set in violation of his ethical standards?
Aspirin
What everyday OTC medication is derived from Salix, the willow tree?
Eye of Horus
What is the origin of today's commonly recognized "Rx" prescription symbol? Ancient Egyptians used a drawing of the eye of Horus as a magic sign to protect themselves from disease, suffering and evil.
Coca Cola
What multi billion dollar beverage was created by a pharmacist in Atlanta during the Civil War? John Pemberton compounded coca leaves, cola nuts, and carbonated water to alleviate his patients' headaches.
Alexander Fleming
Who discovered penicillin, the first known antibiotic, in 1928?
Pharmonize
What is the name of a popular podcast that contains pharmaceutical content?
Digitalis
What cardiac medication is derived from the foxglove plant?
H3D
What is the nickname name of the Holistic Drug Discovery and Development (H3D) Centre at the University of Cape Town in South Africa?
Myalept (dislipidemia)
What is the most expensive drug approved for self administration In the US?
Merck
What is the oldest pharmaceutical company? Merck was founded in 1668
Hubert Humphrey
Which famous American politician began his career as a pharmacist?
Quinine
What medication used in the treatment of malaria was derived from the cinchona tree in South American and taken to Europe by the Jesuits in the 1600s?
Ayurveda
What medicine system originated in South Asia over 3000 years ago and is utilized by approximately 80% of the current population there? This system has spread worldwide where people of all nations are benefiting from it's usage. (Extra 100 points for defining "Ayurveda")
Atorvastatin calcium
What was the #1 prescribed medication in the US and the world in 2022?
Opium
What is the first recorded pharmaceutical? Sumerian clay tablets, circa 2100 BC, recorded recipes for opium compounds.
Ned Flanders
Who was a pharmaceutical salesman for the bulk of his adult life in television's "The Simpsons?"
Sweet Clover
What plant ally was developed into Warfarin in the 1920s when farmers took notice that cattle who grazed on sweet clover bled profusely while "calving" shortly thereafter?
Renee Caisse
Who was the Canadian nurse who mainstreamed an Ojibway herbal formula in the early 1920s? Over 100 years of usage by non-indigenous people have garnered a plethora of reports of successful tumor reduction. Essiac is available today in natural food stores and on Amazon.
Pacific Yew tree
What plant is the source of Paclitaxel, used in the treatment of breast, lung, and ovarian cancers?
Louisiana
What was the first state to require licensure for the pharmaceutical professions? Louis Joseph Dufilho Jr. became America's first licensed pharmacist in 1816 and opened the first licensed pharmacy in New Orleans in 1823. This is now the New Orleans Pharmacy Museum.
Agatha Christie
What world famous mystery writer worked as an apothecary's assistant in a Red Cross Hospital during WWI, where she acquired her knowledge of poisons?
Lion's Mane
Not plants but fungi, Lion's Mane, Chaga, Cordyceps, Maitake, and Reishi are used widely in the growing field of nootropics/ cognitive enhancers.
Abu Al-Qasim Al-Zahrawi
Who is recognized as the Father of Pharmacy? Middle Ages, 936-1013. Al-Andalus. He was a surgeon and a chemist.