Torsten Teorell, the Father of Pharmacokinetics

Abstract

During the summer of 1937 Torsten Teorell submitted two s c i e n t i f i c papers (1,2) for publication which appeared in Archives Internationales et Pharmacodynamie et de Therapie in October in the s a m e year. More than 30 years l a t e r these two a r t i c l e s came t o be considered as two of the most important contributions t o drug research and led t o Teorell being characterized as t h e f a t h e r of pharmacokinetics.