The IUPAC-Richter prize was presented at the 37th National Medicinal Chemistry Symposium of the American Chemical Society in New York on 28th June 2022. The awardee of the 2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize has been announced by the international Selection Committee based on nominations. The jury had a difficult decision-making task, since we received 13 excellent nominations. After much deliberation, the jury decided to award the 2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize to Professor Michael E. Jung from the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA).
The successful medicinal chemistry research work of Michael E. Jung afforded two drugs for the treatment of advanced prostate cancer. Both drugs are androgen receptor antagonists and represent ground-breaking advancements in the discovery of new agents in this drug class. His research has resulted in treatments that have extended the lives of tens of thousands of men with prostate cancer.
Professor Jung’s work is a unique and encouraging example of an academic contribution to drug research and a foreshadow of today’s environment, where we see increasing interest in drug discovery within the academic sector.
Chair of the Selection Committee, Dr. János Fischer congratulated Professor Michael E. Jung on his much-deserved award. The representative of Richter company, Dr. János Éles, presented the plaque for the 2022 IUPAC-Richter Prize. The award lecture of Professor Michael E. Jung was entitled ‘Drug Discovery in Academia : Some Success Stories‘.
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