▁times . ▁After ▁having ▁graduated ▁with ▁a ▁degree ▁in ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁chem istry ▁and ▁studied ▁for ▁some ▁time ▁under ▁Professor ▁Nor is ▁S ili pr and i , ▁Professor ▁of ▁Bio chem istry ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Pad ua , ▁Cav az za ▁soon ▁made ▁the ▁decision ▁to ▁dedic ate ▁himself ▁to ▁entrepr ene ur ial ▁activities . ▁His ▁entrepr ene ur ial ▁break through ▁into ▁the ▁ph arma ce ut ical ▁sector ▁happened ▁in ▁the ▁mid ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁thanks ▁to ▁the ▁launch ▁of ▁Re kord ▁B 1 2 , ▁which ▁soon ▁became ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁highest ▁s elling ▁medic ines ▁in ▁Italy ▁and ▁elsewhere . ▁Its ▁success ▁origin ated ▁from ▁the ▁discovery ▁that ▁vit amin ▁B 1 2 ▁develop s ▁an ▁anti as then ic ▁and ▁ant ide press ant ▁effect ▁at ▁high ▁dos es . ▁The ▁medicine ▁was ▁also ▁distinct ively ▁pack aged ▁in ▁a ▁particularly ▁innov atively ▁designed ▁t ube , ▁which ▁was ▁exhib ited ▁at ▁the ▁Museum ▁of ▁Modern ▁Art ▁in ▁New ▁York ▁City . ▁An ▁equally ▁fundamental ▁step ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁S igma - T au ▁group ▁was ▁the ▁decision ▁– ▁resulting ▁from ▁the ▁passion ▁and ▁determ ination ▁of ▁Cla udio ▁Cav az za ▁– ▁to ▁dedic ate ▁significant ▁resources ▁to ▁scientific ▁research ▁into ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁car nit ine , ▁an ▁end ogen ous ▁subst ance ▁of ▁natural ▁origin ▁that ▁is ▁without ▁side ▁effects , ▁which ▁interven es ▁in ▁the ▁processes ▁that ▁allow ▁cells ▁to ▁produce ▁their ▁own