Augumentin tablets

Brown glass bottle sealed with 100 Augmentin (co-amoxiclav) tablets by Beecham Research Laboratories, Brentford, England, expiry date January 1995, used for demonstration and exhibition purposes by Martin Cole

Augmentin is the brand name for an antibiotic used for infections caused by bacteria. It is a combination of amoxicillin, a type of penicillin and clavulanic acid, also known as co-amoxiclav. First launched in the UK in 1981, it was developed by a team of scientists working at Beecham, who developed sem-synthetic penicillins. In 1989, The Beecham Group plc and SmithKline Beckman merged to form SmithKline Beecham In 2000, SmithKline Beecham and GlaxoWellcome merged to form GlaxoSmithKline, known as GSK.