Richard Wurtman

Richard Wurtman
BornMarch 9, 1936 (1936-03-09)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 13, 2022 (2022-12-14) (aged 86)
Alma materUniversity of Pennsylvania (BA), Harvard Medical School (MD)
Scientific career
FieldsNeuroscience
InstitutionsMIT, Harvard

Richard Wurtman (March 9, 1936 – December 13, 2022)[1] was an American neuroscientist who spent his career doing basic and translational neuroscience research at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Wurtman co-founded Interneuron Pharmaceuticals (later known as Indevus) and held the patent for dexfenfluramine[2] and melatonin's use as a sleep aid.[3]

  1. ^ Professor Emeritus Richard Wurtman, influential figure in translational research, dies at 86
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ US patent 5449683, Wurtman RJ, "Methods of inducing sleep using melatonin", issued 12 September 1995, assigned to Massachusetts Institute of Technology