Review of the career of Professor Dr. Herbert Remmer

This article is a laudatio summarizing the scientific career and accomplishments of Herbert Remmer as observed by one of his first students. The article traces over fifty years of multiple contributions of Herbert Remmer to pharmacology and toxicology and clearly identifies the leadership characteristics of this memorable man.     

Professor Dr. phil. Hans Wojahn (1902-1965)

The pharmacist Hans Wojahn obtained his PhD under the supervision of Karl W. Rosenmund from the university of Kiel. There he also received his habilitation for pharmaceutical chemistry. From 1942-1945 he was lecturer and associate professor at the institute of pharmacy and food chemistry of the university of Jena. After functions in the pharmaceutical industry and the research institute of tuberculosis in Borstel he assumed the direction of the pharmaceutical laboratories of the Max-von-Pettenkofer institute in Berlin. He has been appointed honorary professor at the Free University of Berlin. Professor Wojahn influenced decisive the edition of the 3. addendum of the DAB 6 and has been regarded father of the DAB 7 of the Federal Republic of Germany. With regard to the pharmacopoeia the bromometric assay of drugs and especially those of sulfonamides is placed in the foreground of his scientific work. A complete chronological arranged list of publications has been established.