In1897,inGermany,FelixHoffmannalsomadeamixturewithsalicylicacid．Hetriedithimselffirstandthengaveittohisfatherbecausehisfatherwasoldandinalotofpain.Hisfatherpainwentaway,andthemixturedidnothurthisstomach.

HoffmannworkedforBayer,aGermancompany．Heshowedhisnewdrugtohis manager,whotestedthedrugandfoundthatitworkedwell.Bayerdecidedtomakethedrug.TheycalleditaspirinandputtheBayernameoneverypill.

Aspirinwasanimmediatesuccess．Almosteveryonehaspainofsomekind,soaspirinansweredatrueneed．Aspirinwascheap,easytotake,andeffective．Italsoloweredfevers.Aspirinwasawonderdrug.

Atfirst,Bayersoldthedrugthroughdoctors,whothesoldittotheirpatients．In1915,thecompanystartedtosellaspirinindrugstores:IntheUnitedStates,Bayerhadapatent(专 利)onthedrug．Othercompaniescouldmakesimilarproductsandselltheminothercountries,butonlyBayercouldmakeandsellaspirinintheUnitedStates．Intime,BayercouldnolongerownthenameaspirinintheUnitedStates．Othercompaniescouldmakeitthere,too．However,Bayeraspirinwasthemostwell- known,andformanyyears,itwasthemarketleader.

Bythe1950s,newpainkillerswereonthemarket．Aspirinwasnolongertheonlywaytotreatpainandreducefever．Bayerandothercompanieslookedforotherdrugstomake.

However,inthe1970stheygotasurprise．Doctorsnoticedthatpatientswhoweretakingaspirinhadfewerheartattacksthanotherpeople．ABritishresearchernamedJohnVanefoundthereasonaspirinhelpedtopreventheartattacks．In1982,hewontheNobelprizeforhisresearch．Doctorsstartedtotellsomeoftheirpatientstotakeaspirineverydaytopreventheartattacks．Ithasmadelifebetterforthemanypeoplewhotakeit．IthasalsomadealotofmoneyforcompanieslikeBayerthatproduceandsellit!

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