George H. Hitchings

Awards

1. 1968

   Canada Gairdner International Award

   Biology

   For his leadership in the development of metabolic inhibitors by systematic chemical modification of biologically important compounds. Agents developed in this way have proven valuable in the treatment of malaria, gout, malignant diseases, disorders of the immune system, in human organ transplantation, and a variety of diseases.

2. 1988

   Nobel Prize — Medicine

   Biology

   for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment