The soil sample was collected in a remote Indonesian jungle by a Christian missionary. A few grams of dirt scooped into a sample bag and shipped to the United States. Little did anyone know what those few grams would contain. A drug so special that its Chinese characters literally mean “The Antibiotic of the Ages”. It has been nearly 70 years since its market entry. In today’s video, I want to pay tribute to an iconic compound. The unique, mysterious, infuriating but life-saving antibiotic: Vancomycin. For over three decades, our drug of last resort.
Get all episodes of Asianometry, Sharp Tech, Sharp China, Stratechery Updates and Interviews, Greatest of All Talk, and Dithering as part of Stratechery Plus for $15/month or $150/year.
Listen to Stratechery.
Listen to Dithering.
Listen to Sharp China.
Listen to Sharp Tech.
Listen to Greatest Of All Talk.
