Frank P Palopoli (1922-2016)

摘要

Frank Palopoli, a chemist who discovered clo-mifene, the drug that revolutionised fertility treatment for anovulatory women, died on 6 August 2016 at the age of 94. Palopoli, the eldest of three sons of Italian immigrants, started working for the William S Merrell Company (later Merrell-Dow) in 1950 as a research assistant and retired in 1990 as global director of chemical development.