Johann Wiechers died Nov. 5 in an hospital in Kuala Lumpu, after being struck by a deadly form of pneumonia. Despite heroic attempts from the medical staff in the hospital to save his life, he died, surrounded by his family, just six days after falling ill. A pharmacist by training, Wiechers finished his Ph.D. in 1989 at the University of Groningen, The Netherlands, on the subject of skin penetration enhancement. Following six years at Unilever Research in the UK, he joined Uniqema in G...