Sava Dumitrescu is a Romania

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n pharmacologist and professor

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 at the Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy in Iaşi

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, Romania

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. He also served as rector

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 of the university. He retired from teaching in 1993, but continued his research activities.

Sava Dumitrescu published the "Handbook of Pharmacology", in 2 volumes (1981 and 1985). He is also President of the Romanian National Ethics Committee.Preotesoiu, Carmen & Munteanu, Irina (22 February 2011). Cum se testează în România medicamentele pe oameni, Jurnalul Naţional

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(in Romanian), Retrieved March 17, 2011 (referring to Dumitrescu as the Ethics Commission's director, "Dar di­rec­torul Comisiei de Etică")