What year was the first chemotherapeutic agent discovered ?
1996 anti-viral chemotherapeutic agent Hivid released ( HIV reverse transcriptase inhibitor ) 1997 HIV protease inhibitor Invirase released 1999 immunosuppressive agent Cellcept released 2000 Release of an antiemetic drug Kytril developed to combat the side effects of chemotherapy 2001 Produced an anti-influenza virus Tamiflu ( Roche ) 2001 Discovered a malignant lymphoma target molecule Rituxan 2001 Released Herceptin , a novel breast cancer therapeutic