EUROPEAN COMMISSION ISSUES INVENTION AWARD FOR NEW MEDICINES
April 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has presented Inventors of the Year 2007 awards to two pharmaceutical research teams, for developing new and successful medicines with a global impact. Professor Marc Feldmann, of Britain's Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology, Imperial College, London, received a lifetime achievement award for identifying the role of cytokines in the treatment of autoimmune disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and finding a treatment, "which has helped millions of people all over the world", said a Brussels statement. Meanwhile, Dr Joseph ...
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