A joint research program on cardiovascular and anti-inflammatory drugs by the Weizmann Institute of Science at Rehovot, and Rachelle Laboratories of the United States, was announced here today by Dr. George Krsek, president of the Long Beach pharmaceutical company.
Dr. Krsek said the program will be directed toward helping to control heart ailments, which still rate as America’s No. 1 killer disease. The joint research project will be conducted under the direction of Prof. William Taub, head of the Pharmaceutical Laboratory of the Weizmann Institute of Science. Dr. Krsek revealed that experimental work now being conducted at Weizmann by Prof. Taub is aimed at the synthesis of new compounds of possible hypnotic, sedative, antipyretic, diuretic and anti-inflammatory properties.
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