Richard Wurtman
Richard Wurtman | |
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| Born | March 9, 1936 |
| Died | December 13, 2022 (aged 86) |
| Alma mater | University of Pennsylvania (BA), Harvard Medical School (MD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Neuroscience |
| Institutions | MIT, Harvard |
Richard Wurtman (March 9, 1936 – December 13, 2022) was an American neuroscientist who spent his career doing basic and translational neuroscience research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wurtman co-founded Interneuron Pharmaceuticals (later known as Indevus) and held the patent for dexfenfluramine and melatonin's use as a sleep aid.