Before revision: History + Introduction of early corticosteroids Corticosteroid Introduced Cortisone 1948 Hydrocortisone 1951 Fludrocortisone acetate 1954 Prednisolone 1955 Prednisone 1955 Methylprednisolone 1956 Triamcinolone 1956 Dexamethasone 1958 Betamethasone 1958 Triamcinolone acetonide 1958 Fluorometholone 1959 Deflazacort URL Tadeusz Reichstein, Edward Calvin Kendall, and Philip Showalter Hench were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1950 for their work on hormones of the adrenal cortex, which culminated in the isolation of cortisone.
After revision: History + Introduction of early corticosteroids Corticosteroid Introduced Cortisone 1948 Hydrocortisone 1951 Fludrocortisone acetate 1954 Prednisolone 1955 Prednisone 1955 Methylprednisolone 1956 Triamcinolone 1956 Dexamethasone 1958 Betamethasone 1958 Triamcinolone acetonide 1958 Fluorometholone 1959 Deflazacort 1969 Tadeusz Reichstein, Edward Calvin Kendall, and Philip Showalter Hench were awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology and Medicine in 1950 for their work on hormones of the adrenal cortex, which culminated in the isolation of cortisone.