Josef Fried
Josef Fried · Science & Medicine
Chemist who pioneered fluorinated steroids, greatly improving corticosteroid drugs
1914, Przemyśl, Austria-Hungary (Poland) — 2001, United States
Poland · United States (New Jersey, Chicago)
Josef Fried is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chemist who pioneered fluorinated steroids, greatly improving corticosteroid drugs
Josef Fried was a Polish-American organic chemist who discovered that substituting fluorine at the 9-position of cortisone-type steroids sharply increases their anti-inflammatory potency, a breakthrough that produced fluorinated corticosteroids such as fludrocortisone and transformed the treatment of inflammatory, endocrine and skin disorders. He held some 200 patents and taught at the University of Chicago. He was born into a Jewish family in Przemyśl.
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Chemist who pioneered fluorinated steroids, greatly improving corticosteroid drugs
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