Alejandro Zaffaroni, a prolific biotechnology entrepreneur and Silicon Valley legend who played a significant role in the development of the birth control pill, the nicotine patch, the DNA chip and corticosteroids, died on Saturday at his home in Atherton, Calif. He was 91.
The cause was complications of dementia, Ana Leech, his longtime assistant, said.
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