Doxycycline raw material  is an antibiotic useful for the treatment of a number of infections.It is in the tetracycline antibiotic class.Under the brand name Vibramycin, Pfizer's doxycycline product received US Food and Drug Administration approval in1967. Other brand names include Monodox, Microdox, Periostat, Vibra-Tabs, Oracea,Doryx,Vibrox, Adoxa, Doxyhexal, Doxylin, Doxoral, Doxy-1 and Atridox (topicaldoxycycline hyclate for periodontitis) It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines, a list of the most important medication needed in a basic health system