Laureate
Drew Weissman
Born 1966 · United States · Male
Awards
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2021
Lasker Award — Lasker–DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
BiologyFor the discovery of a new therapeutic technology based on the modification of messenger RNA—enabling rapid development of highly effective Covid-19 vaccines
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2022
Canada Gairdner International Award
Biology"For their pioneering work developing nucleoside-modified mRNA and lipid nanoparticle (LNP) drug delivery: the foundational technologies for the highly effective COVID-19 mRNA vaccines"
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2022
Japan Prize — Materials and Production
CSfor pioneering research contributing to the development of mRNA vaccines.
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2023
Nobel Prize — Medicine
Biologyfor their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19