David T. Wong

1935– · Hong Kong-American · Eli Lilly

Proposed retesting the Lilly aryloxyphenylpropylamine series for selective serotonin reuptake inhibition and showed that one of them — fluoxetine — was by far the most selective. Fluoxetine is usually credited to a team of four: Wong, Bryan Molloy, Klaus Schmiegel and Ray Fuller.

Compounds credited overall: identified fluoxetine within the Molloy/Schmiegel series

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• Antidepressants
• Fluoxetine C17H18F3NO discovered its activity, 1974

  Identified it as the series' most serotonin-selective member.

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fluoxetine