Friedrich Jung (pharmacologist)

Friedrich Jung
Friedrich Jung at work (circa 1960s)
Born(1915-04-21)21 April 1915
Died5 August 1997(1997-08-05) (aged 82)
Berlin, Germany
OccupationPharmacologist
Political partySED
SpouseWaltraut Schwarzkopff
Children1

Friedrich Jung (21 April 1915 – 5 August 1997) was a German doctor who became a leading Academic and Research Pharmacologist in the German Democratic Republic.

Between 1949 and 1972 he was a professor at the Humboldt University of Berlin. He also served as the director of various research institutes outside the universities sector including, between 1972 and 1980, the Central Institute for Molecular Biology at Berlin-Buch.