Jānis Polis (25 June 1938 – 12 April 2011) was a Soviet and Latvianpharmacologist 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.[1] He was born in Eleja parish, Latvia. On 6 February 2009, Polis was awarded the WIPO Award for Outstanding Inventors.[2] Polis died in Riga, Latvia on 12 April 2011 at the age of 72.
^"Miris Remantadīna izgudrotājs Jānis Polis". LETA (in Latvian). Diena. 12 April 2011. Retrieved 13 April 2011. - US patent 3352912 to W. W. Prichard - United States Patent № 4551552: Process for preparing rimantadine: Rimantadine and related compounds useful as antivirals were first described by Prichard in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,352,912 and 3,592,934. Both patents describe the preparation of rimantadine from the corresponding ketone oxime by reduction with lithium aluminum hydride.
^"WIPO Awards Presented to a Latvian Inventor and an Innovative Enterprise". Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia. 9 February 2009. Retrieved 13 April 2011.
Further readingedit
Ieva Puķe (16–22 September 2010). "Talented but difficult" (PDF). Diena. Retrieved 13 April 2011. (in Latvian and English)
jānis, polis, latvian, wrestler, wrestler, june, 1938, april, 2011, soviet, latvian, pharmacologist, developer, first, methods, synthesis, rimantadine, which, discovered, 1963, william, prichard, pont, born, eleja, parish, latvia, february, 2009, polis, awarde. For the Latvian wrestler see Janis Polis wrestler Janis 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 amp Co 1 He was born in Eleja parish Latvia On 6 February 2009 Polis was awarded the WIPO Award for Outstanding Inventors 2 Polis died in Riga Latvia on 12 April 2011 at the age of 72 Janis PolisBorn 1938 06 25 25 June 1938Eleja parish LatviaDied12 April 2011 2011 04 12 aged 72 Riga LatviaNationalityLatvianAlma materRiga Polytechnical InstituteKnown forDevelopment of one of the first methods of synthesis of rimantadineScientific careerFieldsChemistryInstitutionsLatvian Institute of Organic SynthesisReferences edit Miris Remantadina izgudrotajs Janis Polis LETA in Latvian Diena 12 April 2011 Retrieved 13 April 2011 US patent 3352912 to W W Prichard United States Patent 4551552 Process for preparing rimantadine Rimantadine and related compounds useful as antivirals were first described by Prichard in U S Pat Nos 3 352 912 and 3 592 934 Both patents describe the preparation of rimantadine from the corresponding ketone oxime by reduction with lithium aluminum hydride WIPO Awards Presented to a Latvian Inventor and an Innovative Enterprise Patent Office of the Republic of Latvia 9 February 2009 Retrieved 13 April 2011 Further reading editIeva Puke 16 22 September 2010 Talented but difficult PDF Diena Retrieved 13 April 2011 in Latvian and English Janis Polis Latvian Academy of Science Retrieved 13 April 2011 nbsp This Latvian biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Janis Polis amp oldid 1164993887, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
