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Jiří Dlouhý was born on 26 February 1929 in Kyjov to parents Maria and Ladislav. His father worked in the cultural department of the presidential office during the First Republic. Mum came from a pharmacist family. Her dad, František Sedláček, took over the existing pharmacy on Kyjov Square in 1889. Grandfather himself developed several preparations, the most famous of which was linimentum mentholi chloroformiathum composit (Sedláček) for the treatment of rheumatism, which was exported throughout the former Austria-Hungary. The pharmacy was confiscated from the family in the autumn of 1948 and nationalized. Jiří Dlouhý graduated in pharmacy and joined the basic military service. He became head of the institutional pharmacy in the military pharmacy in Ružomberok and later in Prešov. Subsequently, Jiří Dlouhý moved to Liptovský Mikuláš, where he worked as the head of the supply of medicinal and disinfectant products until 1959. In 1963, Jiří Dlouhý moved to Bohemia, where he worked as head of the Serum Department at the Institute of Serums and Vaccines. In the same year he married Vera Chundelová and soon afterwards their son Robert was born. In 1968, the family emigrated to Switzerland, where Jiří Dlouhý got a job as an assistant to Prof. Dr. Arnold Hässif, Director of the International Red Cross Central Laboratories. Later he worked as production manager for the pharmaceutical concern J. R. Geigy. Among other things, he was involved in the development of Voltaren Emulgel. In 1994, he regained the pharmacy U Zlaté koruny in restitution. In 2018, he finally returned to Kyjov.
