Prix Galien equivalent of the Nobel Prize in biopharmaceutical ,medical Award Recipients

Winners Represent Excellence in Scientific Innovation in Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology, Medical Technology and Digital Health

NEW YORK , The Prix Galien USA Committee closing night time honored excellence in the biopharmaceutical and clinical technological know-how enterprise for research, improvement and innovation at the annual Prix Galien Awards Gala, held for the first time in a hybrid layout (in-person and digital) at the Alexandria Center for Life Science in New York City and by using far flung video links. The USA Committee, composed of seventeen famend leaders from the biomedical enterprise and academia, together with 5 Nobel Laureates, honored winners in 4 categories: "Best Pharmaceutical Agent," "Best Biotechnology Product," "Best Medical Technology," and the most modern category, "Best Digital Health Product." This year, the Committee has chosen three winners of the Biotechnology category.

 

 

 

2020 Prix Galien USA Award Winners

"Best Pharmaceutical Agent"

TB Alliance

Pretomanid

"Best Biotechnology Product"

Akcea Therapeutics and Ionis Pharmaceuticals

TEGSEDI®

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

ONPATTRO® (patisiran)

Pfizer

VYNDAQEL® (tafamidis meglumine)

"Best Medical Technology"

Abbott

Abbott's MitraClip™ Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair System

"Best Digital Health Product"

Pear Therapeutics

Somryst

 

"This has been a special 12 months for all, and we are honored to safely have a good time these who are relentlessly innovating to enhance the human condition," stated Bruno Cohen, chairman of the Galien Foundation. "With the addition of the new 'Best Digital Health Product' class this year, the Foundation is elated to commend the groups that have verified to be pioneers in their pursuit of expanded nice of existence for patients."

Today at 11am EST, be a part of in an trade with leaders from every of the six triumphing corporations and hear an replace from Awa Marie Coll-Seck, MD, PhD, Minister of State, Senegal, on the 2021 International Prix Galien and Africa Forum. This year's winners will additionally talk about conclusions and insights from key 2020 Forum panels. To register, please comply with this link.

In addition to the product innovation awards, this year's Roy Vagelos Pro Bono Humanum Award for Global Health Equity used to be introduced to William H. Foege, MD, the Emory Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health at Emory University Rollins School of Public Health in Atlanta and a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director. Dr. Foege used to be awarded for his dedication to public health, such as the profitable marketing campaign to eradicate smallpox in the Seventies and dedication to toddler survival and development, damage prevention, populace and preventive medicine.

"In a yr of tremendous change, it has been extremely good to see the exemplary work produced by using these exchange retailers of healthcare," stated Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Former CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Chair of the Prix Galien USA and Prix Galien International Committees. "We're honored to have a good time this year's winners and nominees and seem ahead to witnessing the have an effect on of their merchandise throughout the globe."