1956 · Medicine · Invention
Gerovital H3 formulation
Ana Aslan and team
The idea
Aslan’s team developed Gerovital H3, a procaine-based formulation presented internationally in 1956.
A pharmaceutical formulation became the best-known object associated with Romanian gerontology. This exhibit documents the product’s development and international presentation; it does not present its historical anti-aging claims as proven medical benefits.
A life behind the work · 1897–1988
Ana Aslan
Aslan was born in Brăila and studied medicine in Bucharest between 1915 and 1922. She later taught at the medical faculty in Timișoara and worked at Bucharest’s Institute of Endocrinology. From 1952 until her death, she directed the Institute of Geriatrics. With her team she developed the procaine-based formulation Gerovital H3, presented internationally in 1956, and began work on Aslavital in 1960. Her career helped establish Romanian gerontological research. The formulations’ historical anti-aging claims should not be confused with established proof of rejuvenation.
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