Ralph Hirshmann
Ralph Hirshmann · Science & Medicine
Organic chemist known for peptide and drug synthesis at Merck
1922, Fürth, Germany — 2009, United States
Germany · United States
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Ralph Hirschmann was a German-American organic chemist who led drug discovery at Merck and, in 1969, directed the first total synthesis of an enzyme (ribonuclease), a landmark in peptide chemistry; he later helped design important medicines. He received the U.S. National Medal of Science. He was Jewish, having fled Nazi Germany with his family in 1936.
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Organic chemist known for peptide and drug synthesis at Merck
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