Bruce Roth

<p>Bruce D. Roth is an <a href="/facts/Americans/srd9GJ5U">American</a> <a href="/facts/Organic_chemistry/djxhxaNg">organic</a> and <a href="/facts/Medicinal_chemistry/SLNHz1hb">medicinal chemist</a> who trained at <a href="/facts/Saint_Joseph%2527s_University/y4BmTVW3">Saint Joseph's College</a>, Iowa State University and the University of Rochester, and, at the age of 32, discovered <a href="/facts/Atorvastatin/2eJ0m0lz">atorvastatin</a>, the <a href="/facts/Statin/ba4mes9W">statin</a>-class drug sold as <a href="/facts/Lipitor/2eJ0m0lz">Lipitor</a> that would become the largest-selling drug in pharmaceutical history (as of 2003). His honours include being named a 2008 <a href="/facts/Heroes_of_Chemistry/ExDYvY4X">Hero of Chemistry</a> by the <a href="/facts/American_Chemical_Society/Alf3uhaF">American Chemical Society</a>, and being chosen as the <a href="/facts/Perkin_Medal/TkHgB2hr">Perkin Medal</a> awardee, the highest honour given in the U.S. chemical industry, by the <a href="/facts/Society_of_Chemical_Industry/2pXymNFk">Society of Chemical Industry</a>, American section in 2013.
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Bruce Roth