Prof. A. Holý - the discoverer of new antiviral drugs - has died

Professor Antonín Holý, one of the most important Czech scientists of the 20th
century, died on July 16, 2012. The compounds developed by prof. Holý are part of the most efficient and also accessible drugs against AIDS, smallpox virus, shingles, eye inflammation and hepatitis B. His professional career was connected particularly with the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry AS CR.