Pharmaceuticals · Recorded milestone
Randomised controlled trial
Recorded year1948
The MRC streptomycin trial sets the standard for testing medicines.
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- StreptomycinRecorded · 1943enables
Led to
- Lithium for bipolar disorderRecorded · 1949enables
- Smoking linked to lung cancerRecorded · 1950enables
- Beta blockersRecorded · 1964enables
- Oral rehydration therapyRecorded · 1968enables
- Hair regrowth drugRecorded · 1988enables
- Botox for wrinklesRecorded · 2002enables
- Scientific replication-market study publishedRecorded · 2015influences
- Psychedelic-assisted therapyRecorded · 2023enables
- Organ-chip assay qualifies for drug decisionsForecast · ~2029influences
- RNA-editing medicine demonstrates clinical benefitForecast · ~2031requires
- Clinically validated phage-matching platformForecast · ~2033requires
- Closed-loop bioelectric wound treatmentForecast · ~2034requires
- Reversible metabolic suppression in humansForecast · ~2040requires
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Dataset updated 2026-10-18. This individual record has not been separately re-reviewed.