title: Anecdote of the Ōmura laboratory and the discovery of avermectin.
abstract: I first met Professor Ōmura, Distinguished Emeritus Professor, at The Kitasato Institute (Kitaken) when I was 28 years old. Since then, he has been my respectful supervisor as well as mentor. Looking back on those memories, I am deeply honored to write about the discovery and development of avermectin.
authors.affiliation: a The Memorial Association of Shibasaburo Kitasato , Tokyo , Japan.|b Kitasato University , Tokyo , Japan.
authors.forename: Yuzuru
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iwai
mesh_terms: D000047:Academies and Institutes / Q000266:history*; D055808:Drug Discovery / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D007559:Ivermectin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D007753:Laboratories / Q000266:history*
chemical_list: D007559:Ivermectin; C019264:avermectin