1957 MOTULKSY, Arno G. (1923 – 2018)

Drug reactions, enzymes and biochemical genetics.

Motulsky clearly stated that inheritance might explain many individual differences in the efficacy of drugs and in the occurence of adverse drug reactions.

GMN 9726 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11913

1959 VOGEL, Friedrich Otto (1925 – 2006)

Moderne problem der humangenetik.

In this paper Vogel coined the term pharmacogenetics, as the study of the role of genetics in drug response.

GMN 9727 · https://historyofmedicine.com/id/11914