Biography

David Cushman

inventor
Born: 1939
Died: 2000

By synthesizing captopril during their careers at Bristol Myers Squibb, Cushman and Ondetti created the first medical treatment that significantly reduced hypertension. Captopril ws the first of a new class of drugs called ACE inhibitors.

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