Two of these women are Elizabeth Hazen and Rachel
>Brown who developed "the antifungal drug Nystatin".  It was approved by
>the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) in 1954 and they received the
>patent on it three years later.
>
My Candida "bible" (F.C.Odds) says they discovered it in 1950. "It was the
first-ever polyene to be described and the first-ever specific antifungal
agent that was therapeutically useful for candidosis".
And where did the name come from? "New York State"  of course!
Lisa Amir
GP / IBCLC in Melbourne, Australia