Katie Couric Introduces Lost Women of Science’s Podcast Finding Dora Richardson, Which Uncovers the Story of the Forgotten Woman Who Developed Tamoxifen, A Groundbreaking Breast Cancer Drug | PR Newswire [Video]

, /PRNewswire/ — As part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Lost Women of Science is releasing its new two-part podcast, Finding Dora Richardson, with an introduction by Katie Couric, former host of CBS News and the NBC Today Show, and founder of Katie Couric Media.

Couric, a breast cancer survivor, was eager to help tell the story of forgotten female chemist Dora Richardson. In the early 1960s Richardson synthesized the compound that came to be known as tamoxifen while she was working at British chemical company International Chemical Industries (ICI).

Tamoxifen was first introduced for sale in the 1970s and went on to become a groundbreaking cancer treatment that has saved the lives of hundreds of thousands of women.

Part One of Finding Dora Richardson airs today. Listen to Finding Dora Richardson here.

Part Two airs on October 31.

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