Hermann Emil Fischer was a Germany chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.... working for Merck
Merck KGaA
Merck KGaA is a Germany-based Chemical industry and pharmaceutical company. Merck was founded in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1668 and is one of the oldest still-operating chemical/pharmaceutical companies in the world.... . It was marketed as Gemonil by Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories is a diversified Pharmacology health care company. It has 68,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, located near North Chicago, Illinois.... . It is a barbiturate
Barbiturate
Barbiturates are medication that act as central nervous system depressants, and by virtue of this they produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to anesthesia.... anticonvulsant
Anticonvulsant
The anticonvulsants are a diverse group of pharmacology used in the treatment of epilepsy seizures. Anticonvulsants are also increasingly being used the treatment of bipolar disorder, since many seem to act as mood stabilizers.... , used in the treatment of epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizure s. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.... . It has similar properties to phenobarbital
Phenobarbital
Phenobarbital or phenobarbitone is a barbiturate, first marketed as Luminal by Bayer. It is the most widely used anticonvulsant worldwide and the oldest still commonly used.... .
Hermann Emil Fischer was a Germany chemist and recipient of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry in 1902.... working for Merck
Merck KGaA
Merck KGaA is a Germany-based Chemical industry and pharmaceutical company. Merck was founded in Darmstadt, Germany, in 1668 and is one of the oldest still-operating chemical/pharmaceutical companies in the world.... . It was marketed as Gemonil by Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories is a diversified Pharmacology health care company. It has 68,000 employees and operates in 130 countries. The corporate headquarters are in Abbott Park, Illinois, located near North Chicago, Illinois.... . It is a barbiturate
Barbiturate
Barbiturates are medication that act as central nervous system depressants, and by virtue of this they produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to anesthesia.... anticonvulsant
Anticonvulsant
The anticonvulsants are a diverse group of pharmacology used in the treatment of epilepsy seizures. Anticonvulsants are also increasingly being used the treatment of bipolar disorder, since many seem to act as mood stabilizers.... , used in the treatment of epilepsy
Epilepsy
Epilepsy is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizure s. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain.... . It has similar properties to phenobarbital
Phenobarbital
Phenobarbital or phenobarbitone is a barbiturate, first marketed as Luminal by Bayer. It is the most widely used anticonvulsant worldwide and the oldest still commonly used.... .
History
1952 Gemonil was introduced by Abbott Laboratories.
