Daniel L. Simmons
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Who is Daniel L. Simmons?
Daniel L. Simmons is a professor of chemistry and the director of the Cancer Research Center at Brigham Young University. He was the discoverer of the COX-2 enzyme that is the target of celecoxib and other COX-2 inhibitors. He and BYU felt that Pfizer had not properly credited or paid them for Simmons work in this development and brought a suit against Pfizer.
Simmons has bachelors and masters degrees from BYU. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1986. From 1986-1989 he held a post-doctoral Fellowship at Harvard University.
Simmons discovered the COX-2 and COX-3 enzymes.
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- Also known as
- Daniel Simmons
- Education
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Brigham Young University
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on July 23, 2013
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