Hans Andersag

Hans Andersag
Born
Johann Andersag

(1902-02-16)February 16, 1902
Lana, Tyrol, Austria-Hungary (now South Tyrol, Italy)
DiedAugust 10, 1955(1955-08-10) (aged 53)
Wuppertal, West Germany

Hans Andersag was a German chemist (1902–1955). While working for Bayer AG, he discovered chloroquine, the active ingredient in the malaria drug Resochin. He also first synthesized vitamin B6 with Richard Kuhn, Kurt Westphal, and Gerhardt Wendt.

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