Award
USSR State Prize
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Jānis Polis
1938-06-25 – 2011-04-12
Life & Legacy
Jānis Polis (25 June 1938 – 12 April 2011) was a Soviet and Latvian pharmacologist and the developer of one of the first methods of synthesis of rimantadine, which was discovered in 1963 by William W. Prichard of Du Pont & Co. He was born in Eleja parish, Latvia. On 6 February 2009, Polis was awarded the WIPO Award for Outstanding Inventors. Polis died in Riga, Latvia on 12 April 2011 at the age of 72.
Occupation & Career
pharmacologist, chemist, inventor
Education
Riga Technical University
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
USSR State Prize
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
USSR State Prize
Employer
Latvian Institute of Organic Synthesis
Education & Institutions
Riga Technical University
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Sources & Provenance
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