title: [Leo Sternbach, an inventor of benzodiazepines].
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.
authors.affiliation: Takeda Science Foundation, Juso-honmachi, Yodogawa-ku, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Masao
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Uchibayashi
mesh_terms: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents / Q000266:history*; D001569:Benzodiazepines / Q000266:history*; D015195:Drug Design; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans
chemical_list: D014151:Anti-Anxiety Agents; D001569:Benzodiazepines