Ken Koe | Zoloft co-inventor, 90
Ken Koe, 90, a Pfizer Inc. chemist who co-invented Zoloft, the firm's brand name for sertraline hydrochloride, once the most-prescribed antidepressant drug in the U.S., died on Oct. 7 in Shrewsbury, Mass., at the home of his daughter, Kristin M. Koe, according to the website of Heald & Chiampa Funeral Home. No cause was given.
Ken Koe, 90, a Pfizer Inc. chemist who co-invented Zoloft, the firm's brand name for sertraline hydrochloride, once the most-prescribed antidepressant drug in the U.S., died on Oct. 7 in Shrewsbury, Mass., at the home of his daughter, Kristin M. Koe, according to the website of Heald & Chiampa Funeral Home. No cause was given.
Dr. Koe and fellow Pfizer chemist Willard Welch began developing Zoloft in the 1970s. He spent 40 years with Pfizer, retiring in 1995.
- Bloomberg