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Julian, Percy Lavon

Julian, JOOL yuhn, Percy Lavon (1899-1975), was an American chemist and business executive. He developed synthetic drugs that are duplicates of substances produced in the human body. He also founded companies that developed, produced, and sold drugs. Julian held more than 100 patents.

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