IUPAC and Gedeon Richter, Plc. are pleased to announce the 2020 IUPAC-Richter Prize in Medicinal Chemistry. The prize is to be awarded to an internationally recognized scientist, preferably a medicinal chemist, whose activities or published accounts have made an outstanding contribution to the practice of medicinal chemistry or to an outstanding example of new drug discovery. It is endowed with USD 10’000.
The 2020 IUPAC-Richter Prize will be presented during the XXVI EFMC International Symposium on Medicinal Chemistry (6-10 September 2020) in Basel (Switzerland), where the recipient will also give a plenary lecture on the subject of his/her research. It has been established by a generous gift from the Chemical Works of Gedeon Richter, Plc. (Budapest, Hungary) to acknowledge the key role that medicinal chemistry plays toward improving human health.
Nomination materials should be submitted by 15 December 2019 through the online nomination form.
More information on https://iupac.org/2020-iupac-richter-prize-call-for-nominations
David Spichiger, SCS
20.08.2019