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Moussa B. H. Youdim

Who

Moussa B. H. Youdim · Science & Medicine

What

Co-developed rasagiline (Azilect), a Parkinson's disease drug developed at the Technion, FDA-approved in 2006.

When

February 28, 1940, Tehran, Iran

Where

Tehran, Iran

Biography

Moussa B. H. Youdim is recognized among Israeli contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-developed rasagiline (Azilect), a Parkinson's disease drug developed at the Technion, FDA-approved in 2006.

How & why

Moussa B. H. Youdim is an Israeli neuroscientist, born into a Jewish family in Tehran, Iran. At the Technion in Haifa he co-developed rasagiline (Azilect), a neuroprotective drug for Parkinson's disease that was approved by the US FDA in 2006. A pioneer of MAO-inhibitor research, he was awarded the Israel Prize in Life Sciences in 2022 for his contributions to treating neurodegenerative disease.

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Co-developed rasagiline (Azilect), a Parkinson's disease drug developed at the Technion, FDA-approved in 2006.

2006

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