Alejandro Zaffaroni

About

Alejandro Zaffaroni (1923-2014) founded many companies, including Alexza Pharmaceuticals. A native of Montevideo, Uruguay, Dr. Zaffaroni received his B.Sc. from the University of Montevideo in 1941, and his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Rochester in 1949. In 1951 Dr. Zaffaroni joined Syntex Corporation, a small chemical company in Mexico, which was prominent in steroid research. He subsequently played a key role in transforming it into a major pharmaceutical company headquartered in the United States that pioneered the development of the birth control pill. This was the beginning of Dr. Zaffaroni’s extraordinary career in scientific and business entrepreneurship. Eventually he became President of Syntex Laboratories and President of Syntex Research Institute. In 1968, he resigned from Syntex to establish ALZA Corporation to pursue the concept of improving medical treatment through controlled drug delivery. ALZA Corporation was acquired by Johnson & Johnson in 2001. In 19

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Mountain View, US