Hellmuth Kleinsorge (* 12 April 1920 in Beuel; † 7 July 2001) was a German medical doctor.
Life
Hellmuth Kleinsorge studied medicine in
Jena
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. In 1953, after his dissertation and habilitation, he became director of the "Medizinische Poliklinik in Jena". In 1958 - 1960 he was also head of the medical faculty of Jena University (then in the
German Democratic Republic
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). He was the first to show the blood sugar decreasing effect of
sulfonamides (particularly
carbutamide
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It is classified as first-generation.
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See also
* Hellmuth Kleinsorge
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) and he could also show the anti-arrhytmic effects of
ajmaline.
As he did not give his acceptance to the
Berlin Wall he had to leave is position in Jena in 1962 and became director of a local hospital in Schwerin.
He fled the GDR in 1968 and became head of research at Knoll AG (which later became part of the
BASF
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). He also held a professorship at the "Klinikum Mannheim der Universität Heidelberg".
From 1981 - 1987 he was CEO of the Medizinisch-Pharazeutische-Studiengesellschaft and scientific advisor of the Paul Martini Stiftung.
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From 1987 - 1992 he was editor of the "Neuen Ärztliche", a daily paper for medics from the publishing house of the
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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.
Until his death Hellmuth Kleinsorge was consultant to the pharmaceutical industry, as well as to scientific publishing houses and public institutions. Amongst his awards were the Ernst-von-Bergmann-Plakette of the
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as well as the Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande (
Federal Cross of Merit).
References
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Recipients of the Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
2001 deaths
1920 births
German pharmacologists
East German physicians
East German emigrants to West Germany