(MADISON) A California botox maker is coming to Wisconsin. The anti-wrinkle product was discovered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and thatâ??s one reason the Mentor Corporation chose to build a new plant here.
The late Ed Schantz was a UW-Madison researcher in 1946 when he discovered the toxin that paralyzes muscles. The University of Wisconsin still holds the botox patent and licenses it out to different companies. One of them is the Mentor Corporation based in Santa Barbara, California. It is building a large production facility at the University Research Park on Madisonâ??s west side.