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Bruce Roth

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American chemist who invented Lipitor

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Bruce Roth
Chemistry
#677
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#1150
Historical Rank
#299
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Organic Chemistry
#288
World Rank
#352
Historical Rank
#76
USA Rank
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According to Wikipedia, Bruce D. Roth is an American organic and medicinal chemist who trained at Iowa State University and the University of Rochester, and, at the age of 32, discovered atorvastatin, the statin-class drug sold as Lipitor that would become the largest-selling drug in pharmaceutical history . His honours include being named a 2008 Hero of Chemistry by the American Chemical Society, and being chosen as the Perkin Medal awardee, the highest honour given in the U.S. chemical industry, by the Society of Chemical Industry, American section in 2013.

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