volved with fighting Germany, Japan, and Italy. However the total amount of penicillin accessible for use in the clinical trial on humans at that time was less than the amount one would receive in a single shot nowadays. As England didn't have the necessary industrial capacity for large-scale production, nor protection from bombing raids, the entire process was moved to the United States. It is for this reason primarily, that the pharmaceutical industry became so well established in the U.S. Initially; only military personnel were allowed access to this life-saving material. Eventually, prior to the end of World-War II, penicillin was made available to the general public.
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