For this blog i will be writing about the founders of the pharmaceutical company, Genentech. Their names are Robert Swanson and Herbert Boyer who founded the company in 1976. Boyer was a professor at the University of California and he taught biochemistry and biophysics. Swanson was a venture capitalist with a company in San Francisco before he co-founded Genentech.

Genentech discover, develop, and manufacture drugs based on research from DNA. Oncology is the companies biggest focus with drugs like Avastin which is a first line drug for colon cancer and Herceptin is for breast cancer.

The picture on the very right is the Genentech building in South San Francisco, California. The photo in the center is Herbert Boyer. The photo on the bottom is Robert Swanson.