And he was always prepared to act as guinea pig, testing two or three compounds on himself. That would never be allowed now, he admits, but they were careful to carry out toxicity tests beforehand.
During that time, four drugs went to clinical trials and failed before, in , they settled on one called 2- 4-isobutylphenyl propionic acid, later to become ibuprofen.
A patent for ibuprofen was granted to Boots in and it was approved as a prescription drug seven years later. According to Dave McMillan, former head of healthcare development at Boots UK, ibuprofen was an extremely important drug to the company.
It was Boots' number one drug. An incredible 20, tonnes of ibuprofen are now made every year by a range of different companies under many different brand names. There are different forms of it too, including liquid forms specifically designed for children.
Dr Adams has been honoured for his research, with an honorary doctorate of science from the University of Nottingham, and two blue plaques from the Royal Society of Chemistry. He remained with Boots UK for the rest of his career, becoming head of pharmaceutical sciences.
What he is most pleased about is that hundreds of millions of people worldwide are now taking the drug he discovered. It was a long road - but a very important one. And it all began with a sore head.
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