Butantan Institute

Av. Vital Brasil 1500, Sao Paulo, State of Sao Paulo 05503, Brazil Phone: 011 3726-7222

About

The Institute was founded by the Brazilian  physician  and biomedical scientist  Vital Brazil  in 1901, according to  Pasteur Institute paradigm, i.e., by combining in the same institution  medical research , the transfer of the results to society as health products and self-financing through this later activity. Its foundation was a reaction to the outbreak of  bubonic plague  in the city of Santos .