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Robert A. Swanson & Herbert Boyer Found Genentech

4/7/1976
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On April 7, 1976 venture capitalist Robert A. Swanson and biochemist Herbert W. Boyer founded the first genetic engineering company, Genentech, to employ recombinant DNA methods, co-invented by Boyer, to make medically important drugs.

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