Stewart Adams (chemist)

Stewart Adams
Born
Stewart Sanders Adams

(1923-04-16)16 April 1923
Died30 January 2019(2019-01-30) (aged 95)
Nottingham, England
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipBritish
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Known forDevelopment of Ibuprofen
Spouse
Mary
(m. 1950)
Scientific career
InstitutionsBoots Pure Drug Company

Stewart Sanders Adams OBE (16 April 1923 – 30 January 2019) was an English pharmacist, and bioengineer who was part of a team from Boots which developed the painkiller ibuprofen in 1961. Ibuprofen is now on the World Health Organization's Model List of Essential Medicines and is one of the world's best-selling drugs.[1]

  1. ^ "Midlands research powerhouse will use powerful new imaging technology to develop the next generation of drugs" (Press release). University of Birmingham. 12 May 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2019.