Rifampicin (INN BAN) /rɪˈfæmpəsɪn/ or rifampin (USAN) is a bactericidal antibiotic drug of the rifamycin group.Rifampicin inhibits bacterial DNA-dependent RNA synthesis by inhibiting bacterial DNA-dependent RNA polymerase. Rifampicin may be abbreviated R RMP RA RF or RIF (US).In 1957 a soil sample from a pine forest on the French Riviera was brought for analysis to the Lepetit Pharmaceuticals research lab in Milan Italy. There a research group headed by Prof.
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