Swiss-French-Italian #pharmacologist who was awarded the 1957 #NobelPrize for Physiology or Medic…
Swiss-French-Italian #pharmacologist who was awarded the 1957 #NobelPrize for Physiology or Medicine "for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the #vascular system and the skeletal #muscles."
In 1944, Bovet discovered #pyrilamine (mepyramine), the first clinically useful #antihistamine, which is effective against #allergic reactions, by blocking the #neurotransmitter #histamine.
In 1947, a search for a synthetic substitute for #curare (a muscle relaxant) led to his discovery of #gallamine and other muscle relaxants.
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