Tag: Alejandro Zaffaroni

• Monday, March 10th 2014 - 05:57 UTC

  Alejandro Zaffaroni, Uruguayan biochemist developer of the birth control pill, dies at 91

  

  The following is an obituary published in The New York Times to honor a Uruguayan born scientist, graduated in Montevideo's Medicine School, who in his long career in the US is credited with having developed the birth control pill and the nicotine patches among other biotechnological advances.