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From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The English used in this article or section may not be easy for everybody to understand. You can help Wikipedia by reading Wikipedia:How to write Simple English pages, then simplifying the article. (July 2023) An editor's reason for this is: Flesch reading ease 36.The structure of azithromycinAzithromycin is an antibiotic which is used to treat a number of different bacterial infections in humans, such as strep throat, pneumonia, and bronchitis.[1] It was discovered in the late 1970s in Yugoslavia and is still one of the most popular antibiotics in the world.[2][3] Azithromycin kills bacteria by stopping it from making proteins.[1]The packaging of the Sumamed sold by PlivaAzithromycin was discovered by a team of scientists working in the Research Institute of the pharmaceutical company Pliva in late 1970s Croatia.[4] Pliva and the drug company Pfizer agreed that azithromycin could be used worldwide. Pliva sold azithromycin in Central and Eastern Europe under the name Sumamed, becoming one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in those regions.[2] Pfizer patented the drug in 1981 and sold it under the name Zithromax,[5] which brought the company great commercial success. In Zithromax's best-selling year, Pfizer earned $2 billion from sales of the drug.[2]Azithromycin is usually prescribed in the form of tablets.[5] The drug targets the ribosome of the bacteria, where proteins are made. This prevents mRNA from getting turned into proteins. Because they can no longer make proteins, the bacteria die and the infection ends.[6] Azithromycin is particularly effective against
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