Nicholas Lydon
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Nicholas B. Lydon FRS (born 27 February 1957) is a British scientist and entrepreneur.[1] In 2009, he was awarded the Lasker Clinical Award and in 2012 the Japan Prize for the development of Gleevec, also known as Imatinib, a selective BCR-ABL inhibitor for the treatment of chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML), which converted a fatal cancer into a manageable chronic condition.[2][3][4][5] [6][7]
Education
Lydon was educated at Strathallan School near Perth, Scotland.[8] He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in biochemistry from the University of Leeds, England in 1978 and received his PhD in biochemistry from the University of Dundee, Scotland in 1982.[8][9]
Career
In 1982, Lydon accepted a position with Schering-Plough based in France as Chargé de Récherche.[3] Three years later, he moved to Switzerland to work with Ciba-Geigy Pharmaceuticals, with whom he developed Gleevec.[8] In 1997, he established Kinetex Pharmaceuticals in Boston which was acquired by Amgen in 2000, with whom he worked until 2002.[8] Thereafter, he established several companies that continue to develop drugs to treat various conditions.[8]
Honours and awards
- Warren Alpert Foundation Prize, 2000.[3]
- Twenty First Annual AACR-Bruce F. Cain Memorial Award, 2002.[3]
- Charles F. Kettering Prize, General Motors Cancer Research Foundation, 2002.[3]
- The Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, with Brian Druker and Charles Sawyers, 2009.[3]
- The Japan Prize, with Brian Druker and Janet Rowley, 2012.[3]
- Fellow of the Royal Society, 2013.[10]
- Royal Society GlaxoSmithKline Prize and Lecture, 2014[11]
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- People educated at Strathallan School
- Alumni of the University of Leeds
- Alumni of the University of Dundee
- British biochemists
- British cancer researchers
- British company founders
- Fellows of the Royal Society
- Recipients of the Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award