Worksheets1. The pharmaceutical industry (Pre-Intermediate)
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Choose the correct options.
The most expensive drug in the world costs £267,000 per year. This drug is called ___. It treats paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria — a rare blood disorder.
Folotyn
Luxturna
Soliris
Blincyto
Choose the correct timeline for the pharmaceutical events.
In 1885, the ___ vaccine was used for the first time.
insulin
penicillin
Arsphenamine
rabies
In 1944, ___ became available as a drug.
first drug for HIV/AIDS
penicillin
insulin (from animals)
Biotech drugs
In 2003, the ___ was finished. The scientists decoded 99.99% of the human DNA.
Sulfa drugs
Chloroform
Human Genome Project
Decoding DNA
In 1922, doctors started to use ___ to treat diabetes.
insulin (from animals)
Penicillin
sulfa drugs
Biotech drugs
A type of bacteria that can cause infection in some parts of the body, e.g. the skin or eyes
a rash
Staphylococcus
an antibiotic
influenza
An infectious disease like a very bad cold, that causes high temperature, pains and weakness.
a rash
Staphylococcus
influenza
to vaccinate
A scientist who studies pharmacology.
a pharmacist
a pharmacovigilance
a pharmacologist
a pharmaceutical
A lot of red spots on someone's skin, caused by an illness
a rash
Staphylococcus
influenza
antibiotic
To give a vaccine, usually by injection, to prevent a human or an animal from getting a disease
an antibiotic
to treat
a pharmacologist
to vaccinate
To try to make the patient well again
a rash
To vaccinate
To treat
an antibiotic
That's how Fleming discovered penicillin, the world-changing ____. He later won the Nobel Prize.
antibiotic
psychedelic drug
sleeping pill
Staphylococcus
In 1869, German ___ Otto Liebreich conducted experiments to prove that chloral hydrate would convert into chloroform in the body, provoking sleep.
pharmaceuticals
pharmacist
pharmacologist
pharmcovigilance
While Albert Hoffman was working in the lab developing drugs to ___ bleeding after giving birth, he touched a bit of this acid, and the world began to twinkle.
rash
treat
vaccinate
sleeping pill
He collected some material from the milkmaid's cowpox rash and used it to ___ an 9-year-old boy.
vaccinated
vacinne
vaccine
vaccinate
The usual symptoms are a pink ___ with a slight fever.
acid
rash
influenza
psychedelic drug
___ aureus is a very common type of bacteria.
influenza
Staphylococcus
diabetes
rash
Antibiotics are useless against viral infections such as ___.
acid
influenza
rash
Staphylococcus
Some parents hesitate to ___ their children for religious reasons or because they fear side effects.
treat
talk
vaccinate
sleep
Penicillin was the first true ___ which Alexander Fleming discovered in 1928.
treat
vaccine
antibotic
antibiotic
