Jānis Polis

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.

For the Latvian wrestler, see Jānis Polis (wrestler).
Jānis Polis
Born(1938-06-25)25 June 1938
Eleja parish, Latvia
Died12 April 2011(2011-04-12) (aged 72)
Riga, Latvia
NationalityLatvian
Alma materRiga Polytechnical Institute
Known forDevelopment of one of the first methods of synthesis of rimantadine
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry
InstitutionsLatvian Institute of Organic Synthesis
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