Did Gevork Minaskanian or Victor Maghakian do more for the pharmaceutical industry?
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Gevork Minaskanian Gevork Minaskanian, Ph.D., is a research professor in the Department of Chemistry at Virginia Commonwealth University and Co-founder/Vice President of Synthetic Chemistry at Aderis Pharmaceuticals who was a contributor to the development of rotigotine and Neupro (a transdermalpatch that delivers rotigotine). Rotigotine is a drug developed to mimic the actions of dopamine in the brain to help cope with restless legs syndrome and the abnormal movements(dyskinesia) found in Parkinson's disease patients. This drug is an alternative to oral medications for treatment of Parkinson's disease, considered by the VCU Department of Chemistry as "an unprecedented medication for the benefit of millions of Parkinson's patient worldwide." Minaskanian’s main contribution to Neupro was improving the efficiency of manufacturing rotigotine, thereby making the process commercially viable and enabling patients to afford this important medication. Dr. Minaskanian is the inventor and author of over 50 patents and publications in various fields of organic and medicinal chemistry. Some of his US patents include patents 5,470,848; 4,801,586; 5,234,959; 5,118,676; and other related research done on rotigotine and Neupro US patent 7,309,497 found in the United States Patent and Trademark Office linked to the penetration enhancers for transdermal delivery of systemic agents.
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Victor Maghakian Victor Maghakian, also known as Captain Victor "Transport" Maghakian (Armenian: Վիգդոր Մաղաքեան ) (December 30, 1915 – August 17, 1977), was an Armenian American member of the United States Marine Corps during World War II. Having received over two dozen medals and awards, he is considered one of the most decorated American soldiers of the war.
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Valery Petrosyan Valery Samsonovich Petrosyan (Russian: Валерий Самсонович Петросян ; born March 7, 1942 in Baku) is a Professor, Doctor of Chemical Sciences, academic and member of Presidium of RAEN. From 2008 to 2010 he was a UN expert of chemical security. Deputy chairman of Supreme ecological council of Russia (1990—1996). Foreign Member of Armenian National Academy of Sciences.
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Gevorgyan Gevorgyan or Gevorgian, sometimes also spelled Gevorkian (Armenian: Գեվորգյան ) is an Armenian surname meaning "son of Gevork", the equivalent of "son of George" (compare English Georgeson). The Western Armenian equivalent is Kevorkian.
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Carlos Magdaluyo Carlos Villanueva Magdaluyo (May 20, 1921 in Pasay City, Philippines - 1995) is a Filipino businessman. He was the director of PAGCOR.
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Vladimir Msryan Vladimir Ivanovich Msryan (Armenian: Վլադիմիր Իվանի Մսրյան ; Russian: Владимир Иванович Мсрян ; 12 March 1938 – 24 August 2010) was an Armenian stage and film actor.
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Parounak Zelveian Parounak H. Zelveian (Armenian: "Պարունակ Հարությունի Զելվեյան" ) is an internationally recognized specialist in the field of arterial hypertension and sleep apnea and a famous public health figure in Armenia.
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Viken Babikian Viken L. Babikian is an American doctor of Armenian origin and professor of neurology at Boston University School of Medicine. Babikian attended the medical school at the American University of Beirut. He then went on to complete his Neurology residency at the University of Chicago Hospitals and a stroke fellowship at the Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined the Boston University Department of Neurology in 1986. He has been a pioneer in studying cerebrovascular disorders such as stroke, with numerous publications.
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Karen Mikaelyan Karen Mikaelyan (Armenian: Կարեն Միքայելյան ; born May 18, 1932) is an Armenian and Russian politician, diplomat, civic leader, and publicist.
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Gegham Ter-Karapetian Gegham Ter-Karapetian (Armenian: Գեղամ Տhր-Կարապետեան ) (1856-1918), better known by his pen name Msho Gegham (Մշոյ Գեղամ), is a renowned Armenian writer and politician.
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George Savvides George Savvides (born 20 October 1956) is an Australian businessman. Between 2002 and 2016 he was the Managing Director of Medibank Private Limited.
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Monte Melkonian Monte Melkonian (classical Armenian: Մոնթէ Մելքոնեան ; reformed: Մոնթե Մելքոնյան; November 25, 1957 – June 12, 1993) was an Armenian left-wing nationalist militant, revolutionary, and commander. He was the leader of an offshoot of the Armenian Secret Army for the Liberation of Armenia (ASALA) in the 1980s and the most celebrated commander during the Nagorno-Karabakh War in the early 1990s.
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P. Roy Vagelos Pindaros Roy Vagelos, better known as P. Roy Vagelos or Roy Vagelos (born October 8, 1929 in Westfield, New Jersey), is an American physician and business executive, who was president and chief executive officer (1985) and chairman (1986) of the American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co. (known as MSD outside the U.S.). He attracted research scientists who developed many major new drugs.
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Frank Baldino, Jr. Frank Baldino Jr. (May 13, 1953 – December 16, 2010) was an American pharmacologist and scientist who was one of the co-founders of the pharmaceutical firm Cephalon, a company that was formed in 1987 and had grown to annual sales of $2.8 billion and net income of $425 million in 2010.
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Vardan Israelian Vardan Israelian (; born 14 September 1966) is a former Armenian footballer and Ukrainian football functionary, president of FC Stal Kamianske.
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Armen Gevorkyan Armen Gevorkyan (Armenian: Արմեն Գևւորգյան ) is an Armenian amateur boxer.
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Vahan Gevorgyan Vahan Gevorgyan (Armenian: Վահան Գեվորգյան ; born 19 December 1981 in Yerevan) is an Armenian-born Polish footballer.
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Vazgen Manukyan Vazgen Mikaeli Manukyan (Armenian: Վազգեն Միքայելի Մանուկյան , born 13 February 1946) was Prime Minister of Armenia from 1990 to 1991. From 1992 to 1993 Manukyan was acting Minister of Defense.
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Gevorik Poghosyan Gevorik Poghosyan (born March 13, 1984 in Yerevan, Armenia) is an Armenian weightlifter. He won a gold medal at the 2010 European Weightlifting Championships.
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Victor Ovcharenko Victor Ovcharenko (Russian: Ви́ктор Ива́нович Овчаре́нко ; February 5, 1943 – May 5, 2009) was a Russian philosopher, sociologist, historian and psychologist. He also was a PhD., professor, academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences (1997), academician of the Academy for Humanities Research (1998) and academician of the Academy of Pedagogical and Social Sciences (2000). He co-edited the journals "The Psychoanalytical Bulletin", "The Bulletin of Psychoanalysis", etc. He was a forerunner (with V.S. Stepin) of the Minsk philosophical school "Humanities Encyclopedia". He is considered one of the founders of modern Belarusian sociology.
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Aubrey Dan Aubrey Dan (born October 4, 1963) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist as well as a producer and impresario. He is the son of Leslie Dan, a Canadian entrepreneur and founder of the generic pharmaceutical manufacturer Novopharm. He graduated from the University of Western Ontario and received a Bachelor of Management and Organizational Studies. The department was later renamed after Aubrey Dan in 2006, and is now called the DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies.
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Ara Papian Ara Papian (Armenian: Արա Պապյան ; born June 6, 1961) is an Armenian lawyer, historian and diplomat. He served as the Ambassador of Armenia to Canada 2000 to 2006. He is currently the president of "Modus Vivendi" Center for Social Science.