PMID: 11625334Oct 20, 2001Paper

Philippe Maupas : hepatitis B vaccine discoverer

Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie
J P ChironB Yvonnet

Abstract

Philippe Maupas Day 8th February 1981, an official ceremony with all the Profession, the Tours Faculty of Pharmacy was called Philippe Maupas, Hepatitis B vaccine discoverer - Galien Prize 1981. This communication presents the man, the scientist and the teacher. Born on 30th June 1939 in Toulon (south of France), married and the father of two children, Ph. Maupas was a man of action and an humanist. Full of enthusiasm, always available, passionate about his work, he never hesitated to brave the odds if he felt it would be of use to the community. With a pluridisciplinary training - Veterinary Doctor (1965), Pharmacist (1970), Science Doctor (1970) and Physician Doctor (1976) - he was Professor of Microbiology and Dean of the Faculty of Pharmacy of Tours. His scientific career fully illustrates his thirst for knowledge and his unflagging struggle against infectious diseases. Ph. Maupas approached his research work in a relaxed, imaginative frame of mind. Always passionate about his work and fired by spirit of Louis Pasteur, he was moved by a preoccupation of efficacy and a will of prevention in Public Health. He carried out research into both animal and human infectious diseases as well as anthropozoonosis. Ph. Maupas's most rem...Continue Reading

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