Ryszard Gryglewski (born 1932) - graduated in Medicine in Cracow, where he also wrote his doctorate in Pharmacology and in 1971 became a professor. He is a member of many pharmacological associations around the world, and since 1993 director of the Jagiellońskie Centrum Badań Medycznych (Jagiellonian Medical Research Centre). His scientific work concerns experimental pharmacology. His research focuses on the contribution of the blood-vascular system in building up immunity against thrombosis in the development of scleroses. In 1976, together with J. Vane and S. Monccad, he discovered prostacyclin, which set off many further scientific discoveries.
