Lincomycin hydrochloride monohydrateProduct ingredient for Lincomycin

Lincomycin is a lincosamide antibiotic first isolated from the soil bacterium Streptomyces lincolnensis in Lincoln, Nebraska.² Clinical use of lincomycin has largely been superseded by its semisynthetic derivative clindamycin due to its higher efficacy and a wider range of susceptible organisms, though lincomycin remains in use.^1,2

Lincomycin was approved by the FDA on December 29, 1964.¹⁰