Home » News » “Father of Benalgina” Prof. Shekerdzhiyski nominated for the “Stara Planina” Order

“Father of Benalgina” Prof. Shekerdzhiyski nominated for the “Stara Planina” Order

The government proposed to the president to award the pharmacist Prof. Rahamin Shekerjiyski, known as the “father of benalgin”, with the highest state honor – the Stara Planina Order, first degree.

Prof. Shekerdzhiyski is a distinguished scientist in the field of pharmacy with over 66 years of work experience. He was born in Dupnitsa in 1934. He is a donor to schools, kindergartens in Dupnitsa, as well as to the football club in the city.

His contribution to pharmacy includes nearly 80 developments of medicinal products, 30 of which have been successfully implemented and are well known in practice, including Benalgina – the pain pill.

He graduated in pharmacy at the Higher Medical Institute in Sofia in 1956 and chemistry at Sofia University in 1968. His entire professional career as a teacher and scientist was spent at the Faculty of Pharmacy at the Medical University in Sofia (1969-2004). He founded and headed the Department of “Industrial Pharmacy” (1986-2002).

Professor Shekerdziyski donated his native house in Dupnitsa to the municipality with the desire to be declared a Museum of Pharmacy in Dupnitsa and to be used for scientific purposes by students, scientists and specialists in the field of pharmacy.

The nomination of Prof. Rahamin Shekerjiyski was also supported by a declaration of the local municipal council in Dupnitsa.

support us

For honest and independent journalism

We will be glad if you support us, so that in the future you can also rely on an independent, professional and honest informational – analytical media.

The Mediapool team informs you that the forum administrators will remove any comments containing obscene qualifications, racial, ethnic or religious insults.

The editors are not responsible for the opinions uploaded to Mediapool.bg by the users.

Commenting under articles requires the user to comply with the rules for participation in the Mediapool.bg forums

Read our forum rules.

You must be logged in to comment. If you don’t have an account, you can register.

Leave a Comment

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.