Finding Aid for the Robert Domenjoz Papers Biomed.1096
Finding aid prepared by Shira Peltzman, 2020.
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Title: Robert Domenjoz papers
Creator:
Domenjoz, Robert
Identifier/Call Number: Biomed.1096
Physical Description:
22.5 Linear Feet
(13 cartons)
Date (inclusive): 1908-2000
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Language of Material: Materials are in
German.
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[Identification of item], Robert Domenjoz Papers (Collection 1096). Louise M. Darling
Biomedical Library History and Special Collections for the Sciences, University of
California, Los Angeles.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
6315624
Administrative/Biographical History
Robert Domenjoz (1908-2000) was director of pharmacological research at the Swiss
pharmaceutical company, J.R. Geigy SA, where he is credited with rescuing the first
tricyclic antidepressant drug, imipramine (Tofranil), from being abandoned in development in
1955. He later served as chair of the Pharmacology Institute at the University of Bonn.
Domenjoz co-founded Medicina Experimentalis in 1959; the journal was re-formed in 1968 and
renamed Pharmacology: International Journal of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology.
Documents related to the career of Robert Domenjoz, including correspondence, manuscripts
personal files, research, photographs, reading files, books and reprints.