Eli Lilly eventually responded ... Flavier succinctly put it: "Dr Aguilar has contributed so much in the discovery of erythromycin. It is sad to hear that he got nothing out of it." ...
Aguilar, who used to work as a medical representative for the U.S. pharmaceutical firm, Eli Lilly and Company. The Origins of Erythromycin In 1949, Dr. Aguilar discovered the antibacterial properties ...