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Leo Sternbach, an inventor of benzodiazepines

Yakugaku zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan (2007) 127(1) 217-224
DOI: 10.1248/yakushi.127.217
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Abstract

A biography of Leo Sternbach, an inventor of benzodiazepine tranquillizers, is presented. It consists of (1) a societal desire for lifestyle pills, (2) Leo's birth in 1908 and youth, (3) education, (4) in Vienna, (5) in Zurich, (6) at Hoffmann-La Roche, Basel, (7) to the New World, (8) at Roche, Nutley NJ, (9) invention of the new drugs, (10) revolution of people's lifestyle, and (11) reward, retirement and obituary in 2005. This paper may be the first comprehensive biography of this remarkable chemist written in Japanese.

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Uchibayashi, M. (2007). Leo Sternbach, an inventor of benzodiazepines. Yakugaku Zasshi : Journal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Japan, 127(1), 217–224. https://doi.org/10.1248/yakushi.127.217

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