Simone Courvoisier
Head of pharmacology at Rhone-Poulenc, involved in development of chlorpromazine
About Simone Courvoisier
Lived 1938 – 2018 (aged 80). Simone Courvoisier was a French pharmacologist.
Simone Courvoisier was a French experimental pharmacologist who, while the head of pharmacology at Rhône-Poulenc in the 1950s, investigated the use of the antipsychotic medication chlorpromazine. She discovered that the compound promazine had sedating properties despite not being an antihistamine like its precursor promethazine, and then extensively analyzed the properties of its descendant drug chlorpromazine.
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Who was Simone Courvoisier?
head of pharmacology at Rhone-Poulenc, involved in development of chlorpromazine
When was Simone Courvoisier born?
Simone Courvoisier was born on 31 March 1938 in Besançon.
When did Simone Courvoisier die?
Simone Courvoisier died on 25 April 2018 in Besançon.
What was Simone Courvoisier's occupation?
Simone Courvoisier was a pharmacologist.
What nationality was Simone Courvoisier?
Simone Courvoisier was French.
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