José Baselga
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (scientist, bureaucrat, COVID-19/Premature death) | |
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Born | 3 July, 1959 |
Died | March 21, 2021 (Age 61) |
Cause of death | Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
Nationality | Spanish |
Chief medical scientist at Covid-19 vaccine maker AstraZeneca dies at 61. |
Josep Baselga i Torres, known in Spanish as José Baselga was a Spanish medical oncologist and researcher focused on the development of novel molecular targeted agents, with a special emphasis in breast cancer. On January 7, 2019, AstraZeneca announced that they had hired him as head of research and development in oncology, where he worked until his death.