Timeline: History of Medicines | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1879

First vaccine developed for cholera
May 20, 1882

First vaccine for developed for rabies by Louis Pasteur
May 20, 1899

Felix Hoffman develops aspirin
May 20, 1922

Insulin first used to treat diabetes.
May 20, 1927

First vaccine developed for tuberculosis
May 20, 1945

First vaccine developed for influenza
May 20, 1955

Jonas Salk develops the first polio vaccine
May 20, 1964

First vaccine developed for measles.
May 20, 1967

First vaccine developed for mumps
May 20, 1974

First vaccine developed for chicken pox
May 20, 1977

First vaccine developed for pneumonia.
May 20, 1981

First vaccine developed for hepatitis B
May 20, 2006

First vaccine to target a cause of cancer