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Penbritin Pharm.|pɛnˈbrɪtɪn, ˈpɛnbrɪtɪn|
A proprietary name for ampicillin, C16H19O4S, a semi-synthetic penicillin that resembles penicillin G (benzylpenicillin) in its action against Gram-positive organisms but is more effective against Gram-negative ones, and is used esp. in treating infections of the urinary and the respiratory tracts.
1959Trade Marks Jrnl. 18 Nov. 1197/1 Penbritin... Antibiotic preparations and substances... Beecham Research Laboratories Limited,..Brentford, Middlesex; manufacturers. 1960Official Gaz. (U.S. Patent Office) 26 July tm131/1 Beecham Research Laboratories Limited, Brentford, England. Filed Mar. 25, 1960. Penbritin. For antibiotic preparations and substances. 1961Daily Tel. 21 July 24/5 A new synthetic penicillin, Penbritin, promises to be more active against some strains of bacteria so far immune to previous penicillins and to be of increased potency against others. 1968J. H. Burn Lect. Notes Pharmacol. (ed. 9) 108 Broad spectrum penicillins; one of these is ampicillin (Penbritin). 1968Economist 6 July 66 The product responsible more than any other for more than doubling profits over the last four years is Beecham's penicillin mutant, Penbritin, which took a decade to develop. 1975D. Fishlock Business of Sci. viii. 112 The scheme..set Beecham firmly on the path to its big semi⁓synthetic penicillins of the 1960s: Celbenin.., Orbenin and Penbritin. |