{{Infobox person | name = Frank Berger | image = Frank Berger.jpg | alt = | caption = Berger in 1990 | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|6|25|df=y}} | birth_place = Plzeň, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | death_date = {{Death date and age|2008|3|18|1913|6|25|df=y}} | death_place = Manhattan, New York, United States | nationality = | other_names = | alma_mater = Charles University | occupation = Pharmacologist | known_for = Discovering meprobamate, carisoprodol, and felbamate | spouse = | relations = }} '''Frank Milan Berger''' (25 June 1913 - 18 March 2008) was a Czech pharmacologist. He discovered meprobamate, carisoprodol, and felbamate, while working at Wallace Laboratories.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1584273/Frank-Berger.html|title=Frank Berger|date=2008-04-07|access-date=2018-09-22|issn=0307-1235|newspaper=The Telegraph}}</ref>
He also discovered the 'tranquilising' effects of mephenesin in rodents while working at a laboratory in the United Kingdom,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/21/health/research/21berger.html|title=Frank Berger, 94, Miltown Creator, Dies|last=Carey|first=Benedict|access-date=2018-09-22|language=en|newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref> and campaigned against the advertising of medications in the mass media.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Psychopharmacology for Mental Health Professionals: An Integrative Approach|last=Ingersoll|first=Elliott|last2=Rak|first2=Carl|publisher=Cengage Learning|year=2015|isbn=9781305537231|page=129}}</ref>
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