| Dr. Hans Andersag | |
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| Born | February 16, 1902 Meran, Italy |
| Died | August 10, 1955 (aged 53) Wuppertal, Germany |
Hans Andersag was a scientist born on February 16, 1902 in Lana bei Meran, Italy and died August 10, 1955 in Wuppertal, Germany following bronchial cancer. He was most notably known for his scientific contributions, mainly the discovery of Chloroquine, the active ingredient in the malaria drug Resochin® while working for Bayer AG.[1] He also first synthesized Vitamin B6 with Richard Kuhn, Kurt Westphal and Gerhardt Wendt. He was awarded a Dr. degree for his dissertation "Synthese des natürlichen Koproporphyrins sowie zweier damit isomerer Porphyrine" at the Technical University Munich on September 9th, 1927. He was married to Else Andersag (nee Nouvortne). The couple had three daughters: Christel, Marianne and Renate.