Mozes Lewenstein
Mozes Lewenstein · Science & Medicine
Pharmacologist, work on opioid antagonists
United States
Mozes Lewenstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Pharmacologist, work on opioid antagonists
Mozes J. Lewenstein was a pharmacologist who, with Jack Fishman, first synthesized the opioid antagonist naloxone in 1960 and holds the founding patent (with Fishman) issued in 1961; naloxone (Narcan) later became the standard emergency antidote that reverses opioid overdose and has saved countless lives. He is listed among Jewish biomedical scientists on Jinfo; detailed biographical records, including his birth year, are sparse and are omitted here.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
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Pharmacologist, work on opioid antagonists
Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Biomedical Science
