The GlaxoSmithKline Prize and Lecture is awarded by the
Royal Society of London
The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...
"for original contributions to medical and veterinary sciences published within ten years from the date of the award".
Sponsored by
GlaxoSmithKline, the medal is awarded with a gift of £2500. The medal was first awarded in 1980 to
César Milstein "in recognition of his pioneering the production of monoclonal antibodies from hybrid cell lines and initiating their application worldwide in many fields of biology and medicine",
and has since been awarded 13 times.
List of recipients
Source
Royal Society
See also
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List of medicine awards
References
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Awards of the Royal Society
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Veterinary medicine in the United Kingdom