Alejandro Zaffaroni
Alejandro Zaffaroni | |
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| Born | February 27, 1923 Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Died | March 1, 2014 (aged 91) |
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| Spouse | Lida Zaffaroni |
| Scientific career | |
| Thesis | The Application of Paper Partition Chromatography to Steroid Analysis (1950) |
Alejandro Zaffaroni (February 27, 1923 – March 1, 2014) was a Uruguayan serial entrepreneur who was responsible for founding several biotechnology companies in Silicon Valley. Products that he was involved in developing include the birth control pill, the nicotine patch, corticosteroids, and the DNA microarray.