Who Invented Ibuprofen? The Story of Stewart Adams and John Nicholson
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In the 1960s, a team of British scientists, led by pharmacologist Dr. Stewart Adams and chemist John Nicholson, successfully invented ibuprofen while working at Boots Pure Drug Company. Their decade-long effort to find a safer alternative to aspirin culminated in the creation of one of the world's most widely used pain relievers.
