Leo Sternbach
Leo Sternbach · Science & Medicine
Chemist who invented the benzodiazepines, including Librium and Valium.
1908, Abbazia, Austria-Hungary (now Opatija, Croatia) — 2005, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
Austria-Hungary · Poland · Switzerland · United States
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Leo Sternbach was a chemist at Hoffmann–La Roche who invented the benzodiazepines, including Librium and Valium, among the most widely prescribed drugs of the twentieth century. Born into a Jewish family in Abbazia, he fled Nazi-threatened Europe and continued his career in the United States.
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Chemist who invented the benzodiazepines, including Librium and Valium.
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biology
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