Amoxicillin (CAS 26787-78-0) is a semi-synthetic penicillin belonging to ß-lactam group. It was discovered by scientists at Beecham Research Laboratories (US Patent 3,192,198 - Beecham 1965). Its patent been long expired, there are large number of generic and branded formulations available in the market. It has a distinct HS code (30041030).
Amoxicillin is used to treat many different types of infections caused by bacteria, such as ear infections, bladder infections, pneumonia, gonorrhea, and E. coli or salmonella infection.
In spite of availability of many new generation antibiotics - Amoxicillin is still very popular. Its one of the most common antibiotics prescribed for children. Amoxicillin stands 5th in '2008 Top 200 generic drugs by total prescriptions' as compiled by SDI/Verispan and reported in 'Drug Topics'.
Export of amoxicillin has been growing for last 6 years at very healthy rate. However, older antibiotics like Ampicillin/Amoxycillin are likely to lose market shares to new cephalosporins and quinolones as more people are developing resistance to the older drugs.
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