# Jānis Polis

> Jānis Polis was a Soviet and Latvian pharmacologist and the developer of one of the first methods of synthesis of rimantadine, which was discovered in 1963 by William W. Prichard of Du Pont & Co. He was born in Eleja parish, Latvia. On 6 February 2009, Polis was awarded the WIPO Award for Outstanding Inventors. Polis died in Riga, Latvia on 12 April 2011 at the age of 72.

*Latvian pharmacologist, developer of the synthesis of rimantadine (1938–2011)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Scientist ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Scientists
- **Born:** 1938-06-25
- **Died:** 2011-04-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Sources
- [Jānis Polis (kiemavan)](https://vo.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Polis_(kiemavan))
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- [Jānis Polis (ķīmiķis)](https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C4%81nis_Polis_(%C4%B7%C4%ABmi%C4%B7is))
- [Полис, Янис Юрьевич](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%AF%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%81_%D0%AE%D1%80%D1%8C%D0%B5%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%87)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2576356)

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