Zovirax Ointment 5%, Professional Sample
date: label: date made
content: 1980-1984
label: product expiration date
content: 1984-05
label: patent date
content: 1980-04-22
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Wellcome Company
notes: label: Description
content: White, blue and black foil packet with graphic of an ointment tube on front. Professional sample of acyclovir, an antiviral used for used for shingles, herpes zoster, genital herpes, chickenpox, etc. US Patent 4199574; issued 1980-04-22; Inventor: Howard J. Schaeffer, Current Assignee: SmithKline Beecham Corp; "Methods and compositions for treating viral infections and guanine acyclic nucleosides."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: North Carolina, Research Triangle Park
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gladys Abell Johnson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1988.0655.18
label: catalog number
content: 1988.0655.18
label: accession number
content: 1988.0655
label: patent number
content: US4199574A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: foil, aluminum (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: white; blue; black (packaging color)
label: Physical Description
content: acyclovir, 5% (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (insert material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .1 cm x 8.7 cm x 3.2 cm; 1/16 in x 3 7/16 in x 1 1/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/4 in x 3 3/8 in x 1/8 in; 3.175 cm x 8.5725 cm x .3175 cm