Articles from January 2026

Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 4)

Wednesday, January 28, 2026
My drug history book "Magic Bullet and Beyond" was published as a paperback, and it includes stories behind three miracle drugs: quinine, salvarsan, and penicillin. For the short story related to quinine, I published it as an eBook recently (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDHPB8KR) , and an audiobook will be released in the future (Date: TBD) . Click here for Chapter 4 of this ebook.

Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 3)

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Click here for Chapter 3 of the ebook I released recently

Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 2)

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
My drug history book "Magic Bullet and Beyond" was published as a paperback, and it includes stories behind three miracle drugs: quinine, salvarsan, and penicillin. For the short story related to quinine, I published it as an eBook recently (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDHPB8KR) , and an audiobook will be released in the future (Date: TBD) . Click here for Chapter 2 of this ebook.

Quinine – From the Sacred Bark to a Wonder Drug (Chapter 1)

Sunday, January 11, 2026
My drug history book "Magic Bullet and Beyond" was published as a paperback, and it includes stories behind three miracle drugs: quinine, salvarsan, and penicillin. For the short story related to quinine, I published it as an eBook recently (https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0GDHPB8KR) , and an audiobook will be released in the future (Date: TBD) . Click here for Chapter 1 of this ebook.

Alumnus Dr. Scott Hynes made substantial donation to U of Iowa College of Pharmacy

Thursday, January 8, 2026
Happy to share that alumnus Dr. Scott Hynes (2000, PharmD) and his wife Kathleen made a generous commitment to University of Iowa College of Pharmacy which will establish the Scott and Kathleen Hynes Pharmacy Scholarship to benefit deserving pharmacy students.  Click here for more information...