2008/02/01 by Theodore H. Stanley, Talmage D. Egan, Hugo Van Aken · 2 citations
Arts and Humanities · Medicine · Neuroscience · #Medical History and Innovations #Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes #Anesthesia and Neurotoxicity Research
paper · doi:10.1213/ane.0b013e3181605add
openalex publication_date 2008/02/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
In Brief Dr. Paul Janssen was the founder of Janssen Pharmaceutica and the developer of over 80 pharmaceutical compounds that proved useful in human, botanical, and veterinary medicine. He and his coworkers synthesized the fentanyl family of drugs, many other potent analgesics, droperidol, etomidate, and numerous other important medicines that were extremely useful in psychiatry, parasitology, gastroenterology, cardiology, virology, and immunology. Anesthesiology and medicine as a whole have benefited a great deal from his resourcefulness, creativity, and entrepreneurial spirit. IMPLICATIONS: Few in the field of anesthesiology appreciate the sheer magnitude of Dr. Janssen’s numerous contributions to various fields in human, botanical, and veterinary medicine. From the invention and development of over 80 pharmaceutical compounds to his monumental merger of Janssen Pharmacuetica with Johnson and Johnson, Dr. Paul Janssen truly embodies what it means to be a productive scientist and an entrepreneur extraordinaire.