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Inventor defends safety, questions ban on Sharapova drug
10 years agoIvars Kalvins, Latvian chemist and the inventor of meldonium, trade-named Mildronat, a full member of the Latvian Academy of Sciences, speaks to the media Moscow, Russia, Monday, April 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
The Latvian inventor of the banned doping drug meldonium has insisted it is safe even after Maria Sharapova originally picked up a doping ban, and questioned whether authorities were justified in listing it as a performance enhancer.