Life-saving inventions made since 1920

Vaccine
Antibiotic
Medication
Technology

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Sources: Various, including Diabetes UK, Immunization Action Coalition, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Nature Reviews Microbiology, Science Museum, United States Food and Drug Administration, World Health Organization Model List of Essential Medicines (2015).