Puerto Sarmiento, Francisco JavierGranda Vega, EnriqueMateo de la Hoz, Mónica2023-06-182023-06-182016-08-11https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/20983Tesis inédita de la Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Facultad de Farmacia, Departamento de Farmacia y Tecnología Farmacéutica, leída el 15-12-2015Introduction. This thesis is the result of study of the Llorente Institute since its origins, contemporaries of the Pasteur Institute in France and in Sclavo Institute in Italy, until its disappearance in 1997 as a pharmaceutical laboratory. Synthesis. The first objective was to demonstrate the development of research activity of Llorente Institute. It was also intended to clarify what were the real causes of its decline, which can be attributed not only to internal factors, but also to general policies that concerned a set of pharmaceutical companies. Dr. Vicente Llorente figure is not the essential part of this thesis, although it have made new contributions about on their way through politics as a member of the Restoration Parliament during the legislatures between 1899 and 1905. Research carried out in the General Archive of the State Administration and in the Mercantile Register are the main sources of this research, together with the testimony and unpublished documents provided by his last owners. Also, it has been important to the development of products that constituted the vademecum of Llorente Institute...spadoctoral thesisopen access615.1(043.2)FarmaciahistoriaPharmacyhistoryFarmacología (Farmacia)3209 Farmacología