Nicotine patch inventor Murray Jarvik, 84

Posted: Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 8:16 am

June 1, 1923 - May 8, 2008

The invention of the nicotine patch was partly the work of Murray Jarvik, who first become known in medical circles for his studies in psychopharmacology — in particular, the effect of LSD on memory and addiction. Always pragmatic, he was, in the Eighties, to follow up what was literally field research to create the patch. …

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