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for treating humans. After several animal and human studies proved satisfactory to the FDA, nystatin was put into the market through E.R. Squibb & Sons in 1954 and earning over $ 135,000 in its first year. Hazen and Brown donated their royalties, over $ 13 million, to a trust fund established under both Hazen and Brown for science and advancing women in science.
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