Guinter Kahn
Guinter Kahn (born May 11, 1934 in Trier ; died September 17, 2014 in Miami ) was an American physician and inventor of a hair restorer based on minoxidil .
Life
Guinter Kahn emigrated with his parents to the USA in 1938 before the German persecution of Jews. He studied medicine at the University of Nebraska in Omaha . He served as a doctor in the US Army and was stationed in the Federal Republic of Germany in 1959/60. He then specialized in dermatology and worked at the Medical School of the University of Colorado in Denver .
One of the pharmaceutical company Upjohn (today Pfizer properly) by run in Denver research project on the use of 1963 developed minoxidil against hypertension had 1,971 unwanted hair in some subjects result. Kahn was brought in and he drew the opposite conclusion. Together with the doctor Paul Grant, he developed a tincture based on minoxidil that could specifically influence hair development. This was produced and marketed by Upjohn under the name Rogaine or Regaine . Only after patent disputes with Upjohn, who received the first American patent for a hair restorer in 1977, was Kahn's share in the invention recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office in 1986 . However, the successful use of the drug is limited to certain cases. It did not turn out to be the miracle cure Kahn had hoped for; according to a report in the Financial Times (2014), it only works with continuous use and only in 26% of the test subjects. Kahn could not influence his own hair loss.
Kahn later ran a private dermatological practice in Miami . He has lectured in the United States and Europe on the conduct of doctors in the Holocaust .
Kahn donated the Criss Library of the University of Nebraska Omaha an extension that bears his name.
Fonts (selection)
- Pediatric dermatology: pt I. . Medcom, New York 1973-1976.
- Pediatric dermatology: pt. II . Medcom, New York 1973-1976.
- Differential diagnosis of uncommon and unusual bacterial infections . Medcom, New York 1981.
- with Gernot Rassner, Monika Knickenberg: Atlas of dermatology, with differential diagnoses . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Baltimore 1983.
Web links
- Literature by and about Guinter Kahn in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Douglas Martin: Guinter Kahn, Inventor of Baldness Remedy, Dies at 80 , The New York Times , September 19, 2014
- Andrew Ward: Guinter Kahn, dermatologist, 1934-2014 , Financial Times , Oct 3, 2014, p. 7
- John Crudele: Hair growth drug seen as a wonder for Upjohn , The New York Times , May 28, 1985
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andrew Ward: Guinter Kahn, dermatologist, 1934-2014 , FT, Oct. 3, 2014
- ^ A b Douglas Martin: Guinter Kahn, Inventor of Baldness Remedy, Dies at 80 , NYT, September 19, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kahn, Guinter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kahn, Günter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American doctor and inventor of a hair restorer based on minoxidil |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 11, 1934 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | trier |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th September 2014 |
| Place of death | Miami |