David Jack (pharmacologist)

Sir David Jack
Sir David Jack
Born	22 February 1924; Markinch, Fife, Scotland
Died	8 November 2011 (aged 87)
Citizenship	British
Alma mater	University of Glasgow; Royal Technical College; University of London;
Known for	Drug discovery and development
Spouse	Lydia Downie Brown (1952–2016)
Awards	FRSE (1978); CBE (1982); Mullard Award (1991); FRS (1992); Knight Bachelor (1993);
	Scientific career
Fields	Glaxo
Doctoral advisor	Arnold Beckett

Sir David Jack

Glaxo

from 1978 until 1987.

Early life and education

Jack was born the sixth and youngest child of a coal miner, in

Royal Technical College, Glasgow. He won a number of undergraduate prizes and graduated with first class honours.^[4]

Career

He turned down an offer to study for a doctorate and instead worked as an assistant lecturer at the University of Glasgow.^[1]^[4]

In 1951 he joined the pharmaceutical company

Allen and Hanburys, a subsidiary of Glaxo, and served as Glaxo's research and development director from 1978 until his official retirement in 1987.^[2]

Jack was known for heading a group which developed the following drugs:

Beclometasone in 1962
Salbutamol or Albuterol in 1966,
Ranitidine in 1977,
Sumatriptan in 1984,
Salmeterol or serevent in 1985,
Ondansetron in 1987,
and Fluticasone propionate in 1993.

Honours

Jack was knighted for services to the pharmaceutical industry in 1993.^[4]

In 1987, he was awarded an Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) by the University of Bath.^[5]

References

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^ ^a ^b "Sir David Jack". The Daily Telegraph. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.
^ "Sir David Jack". The Herald. 19 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Obituary, Sir David Jack". The Times. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
^ "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". bath.ac.uk. University of Bath. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2012.

External links

Last Word 25/11/2011 BBC Radio 4.
Interviews with Sir David Jack CBE FRS FRSE. Oxford Brookes University Library Medical Sciences Video Archive
David Jack on the History of Modern Biomedicine Research Group website

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[tg-2] "Sir David Jack". The Daily Telegraph. 17 November 2011. Retrieved 25 November 2011.

[herald-3] "Sir David Jack". The Herald. 19 November 2011.

[Timesobit-4] "Obituary, Sir David Jack". The Times. Retrieved 18 November 2011.

[5] "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". bath.ac.uk. University of Bath. Archived from the original on 19 December 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2012.

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