Co-author of the 1954 paper on cyto-active substituted phenylalanines
J. A. Stock
Second author, with F. Bergel, of the 1954 Journal of the Chemical Society paper on cyto-active amino-acid and peptide derivatives (substituted phenylalanines). The Alkeran label credits Bergel and Stock with first synthesising melphalan in 1953.
Sources
Bergel F, Stock JA. Cyto-active amino-acid and peptide derivatives. Part I. Substituted phenylalanines. Journal of the Chemical Society (Resumed). 1954;:2409.
U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Alkeran (melphalan) tablets, prescribing information, NDA 014691 supplement 030 (action date 2 May 2011 as listed in Drugs@FDA).