Jānis Polis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jānis Polis

Latvian pharmacologist, developer of the synthesis of rimantadine

Date of Birth: 25-Jun-1938

Place of Birth: Eleja, Jelgava Municipality, Latvia

Date of Death: 12-Apr-2011

Profession: inventor, chemist, pharmacologist

Nationality: Latvia

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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 & 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.