Chemist who invented ibuprofen
Adams was a British chemist who led the team that developed ibuprofen. The anti-inflammatory painkiller is today one of the most commonly used drugs of its kind.
Adams got his start as a pharmacist's apprentice at the large U.K. pharmacy chain Boots. He went on to work in their research department, initially working on the team that was producing penicillin. His creation of ibuprofen came out of a search for a better drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Adams was born in Byfield, Northamptonshire. His father was a railwayman, and grew up in a rural farming area in Northamptonshire. Adams had two older brothers, an older sister, and a younger brother.
Adams went to Byfield Council School, then his parents moved in 1933 to Doncaster, and he went to Doncaster Grammar School, then in 1937, to March Grammar School (now Neale-Wade Academy); he left school aged 15 in 1939. He became a pharmacist, on a three-year apprenticeship, at a Boots chemist in March, Cambridgeshire. From this he gained an interest in science, and Boots paid for him to do a B.Pharm degree at University College, Nottingham, which he was awarded in 1945.
He rejoined the Boots company in 1945 and worked on their project to produce penicillin. He was moved to the research department of Boots and he went on to research rheumatoid arthritis. This was followed by a PhD in pharmacology at Leeds University returning to Boots in 1952. It was funded by a £300 research scholarship from the Pharmaceutical Society that was matched by Boots and focussed on the heparin-histamine relationships. At the time, the main medicine for the condition were corticosteroids, which had side effects.
He married Mary, a teacher, in 1950, just before he moved to Leeds where he was introduced to Rugby league. They lived in Redhill, Nottinghamshire in the house he moved into in 1955 in the north of Nottingham. He has become a Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Adams was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1987 New Year Honors.
Adams was a British chemist who led the team that developed ibuprofen. The anti-inflammatory painkiller is today one of the most commonly used drugs of its kind.
Adams got his start as a pharmacist's apprentice at the large U.K. pharmacy chain Boots. He went on to work in their research department, initially working on the team that was producing penicillin. His creation of ibuprofen came out of a search for a better drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Adams was born in Byfield, Northamptonshire. His father was a railwayman, and grew up in a rural farming area in Northamptonshire. Adams had two older brothers, an older sister, and a younger brother.
Adams went to Byfield Council School, then his parents moved in 1933 to Doncaster, and he went to Doncaster Grammar School, then in 1937, to March Grammar School (now Neale-Wade Academy); he left school aged 15 in 1939. He became a pharmacist, on a three-year apprenticeship, at a Boots chemist in March, Cambridgeshire. From this he gained an interest in science, and Boots paid for him to do a B.Pharm degree at University College, Nottingham, which he was awarded in 1945.
He rejoined the Boots company in 1945 and worked on their project to produce penicillin. He was moved to the research department of Boots and he went on to research rheumatoid arthritis. This was followed by a PhD in pharmacology at Leeds University returning to Boots in 1952. It was funded by a £300 research scholarship from the Pharmaceutical Society that was matched by Boots and focussed on the heparin-histamine relationships. At the time, the main medicine for the condition were corticosteroids, which had side effects.
He married Mary, a teacher, in 1950, just before he moved to Leeds where he was introduced to Rugby league. They lived in Redhill, Nottinghamshire in the house he moved into in 1955 in the north of Nottingham. He has become a Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Adams was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1987 New Year Honors.
Chemist who invented ibuprofen
Adams was a British chemist who led the team that developed ibuprofen. The anti-inflammatory painkiller is today one of the most commonly used drugs of its kind.
Adams got his start as a pharmacist's apprentice at the large U.K. pharmacy chain Boots. He went on to work in their research department, initially working on the team that was producing penicillin. His creation of ibuprofen came out of a search for a better drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Adams was born in Byfield, Northamptonshire. His father was a railwayman, and grew up in a rural farming area in Northamptonshire. Adams had two older brothers, an older sister, and a younger brother.
Adams went to Byfield Council School, then his parents moved in 1933 to Doncaster, and he went to Doncaster Grammar School, then in 1937, to March Grammar School (now Neale-Wade Academy); he left school aged 15 in 1939. He became a pharmacist, on a three-year apprenticeship, at a Boots chemist in March, Cambridgeshire. From this he gained an interest in science, and Boots paid for him to do a B.Pharm degree at University College, Nottingham, which he was awarded in 1945.
He rejoined the Boots company in 1945 and worked on their project to produce penicillin. He was moved to the research department of Boots and he went on to research rheumatoid arthritis. This was followed by a PhD in pharmacology at Leeds University returning to Boots in 1952. It was funded by a £300 research scholarship from the Pharmaceutical Society that was matched by Boots and focussed on the heparin-histamine relationships. At the time, the main medicine for the condition were corticosteroids, which had side effects.
He married Mary, a teacher, in 1950, just before he moved to Leeds where he was introduced to Rugby league. They lived in Redhill, Nottinghamshire in the house he moved into in 1955 in the north of Nottingham. He has become a Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Adams was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1987 New Year Honors.
Adams was a British chemist who led the team that developed ibuprofen. The anti-inflammatory painkiller is today one of the most commonly used drugs of its kind.
Adams got his start as a pharmacist's apprentice at the large U.K. pharmacy chain Boots. He went on to work in their research department, initially working on the team that was producing penicillin. His creation of ibuprofen came out of a search for a better drug to treat rheumatoid arthritis.
Adams was born in Byfield, Northamptonshire. His father was a railwayman, and grew up in a rural farming area in Northamptonshire. Adams had two older brothers, an older sister, and a younger brother.
Adams went to Byfield Council School, then his parents moved in 1933 to Doncaster, and he went to Doncaster Grammar School, then in 1937, to March Grammar School (now Neale-Wade Academy); he left school aged 15 in 1939. He became a pharmacist, on a three-year apprenticeship, at a Boots chemist in March, Cambridgeshire. From this he gained an interest in science, and Boots paid for him to do a B.Pharm degree at University College, Nottingham, which he was awarded in 1945.
He rejoined the Boots company in 1945 and worked on their project to produce penicillin. He was moved to the research department of Boots and he went on to research rheumatoid arthritis. This was followed by a PhD in pharmacology at Leeds University returning to Boots in 1952. It was funded by a £300 research scholarship from the Pharmaceutical Society that was matched by Boots and focussed on the heparin-histamine relationships. At the time, the main medicine for the condition were corticosteroids, which had side effects.
He married Mary, a teacher, in 1950, just before he moved to Leeds where he was introduced to Rugby league. They lived in Redhill, Nottinghamshire in the house he moved into in 1955 in the north of Nottingham. He has become a Freeman of the City of Nottingham. Adams was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1987 New Year Honors.
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