Read the excerpt below. which of the following statements best summarizes the main idea of the excerpt?

in 1944 elion joined the burroughs wellcome laboratories (now part of glaxosmithkline (a company that makes prescription there she was first the assistant and then the colleague of hitchings, with whom she worked for the next four decades. elion and hitchings developed an array (variety) of new drugs that were effective against leukemia, autoimmune disorders, urinary-tract infections, gout, malaria, and viral herpes.