Today, IMBRUVICA® (ibrutinib) was awarded the prestigious Prix Galien USA 2015 Award in the category of Best Pharmaceutical Agent. The Prix Galien Award is considered to be the industry's highest accolade and recognizes the vital technical, scientific and clinical research skills necessary to develop medicines. IMBRUVICA is jointly developed and commercialized by Janssen Biotech, Inc. and Pharmacyclics LLC, an AbbVie company, and the win recognizes the work of both companies.
"Our journey with ibrutinib and our strategic partner, Pharmacyclics, has been exciting and rewarding since day one," said Peter F. Lebowitz, M.D., Ph.D., Global Head, Oncology, Janssen Research & Development, LLC. "We're honored to be recognized by the awards committee, especially among such a remarkable field of innovative compounds."
To qualify, medicines needed to be deemed innovative in the field of medicine and approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) within the past five years. Since the inception of the award, Janssen has received 26 Prix Galien awards, including three in the U.S. and four at the international level.
The Prix Galien was created in France in 1970 in honor of Galen, the father of medical science and modern pharmacology. Worldwide, the Prix Galen is regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in biopharmaceutical and medical technology research, honoring significant advances in pharmaceutical research. Until the inception of Prix Galien, this particular field of research was largely unrecognized. Following the success of the original Prix Galien award in France more than 40 years ago, several additional countries have instituted local versions of the award.
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