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About Philip S. Portoghese
- Philip Salvatore Portoghese (born June 4, 1931) is an American medicinal chemist who has made notable contributions to the design and synthesis of ligands targeting opioid receptors.
- He is a Distinguished Professor of Medicinal Chemistry at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.
- He also served as the Editor-in-chief of the Journal of Medicinal Chemistry from 1972 to 2012, when the job was taken on by his departmental colleague, Gunda I.
- Georg, who shares the Editor-in-chief position with Shaomeng Wang at the University of Michigan.
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