Jack Fishman

Jack Fishman (September 30, 1930 – December 7, 2013), born Jacob Fiszman, was a Jewish-American pharmaceutical researcher from Kraków, Poland. In 1961, along with Mozes J. Lewenstein, he developed the medication naloxone, which can reverse an opioid overdose, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has described as a "a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids—including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications." Provided by Wikipedia