Nominations for 2022 Heroes of Chemistry are open through February 1st
Washington, DC – The American Chemical Society is accepting nominations for the 2022 ACS Heroes of Chemistry Awards are open now through February 1! The Heroes of Chemistry Award is one of the highest honors ACS gives to industrial chemists, recognizing teams whose work and research led to the development of successfully commercialized products benefiting humankind. Below are the 2021 winners, who were honored earlier this year:
3M: Tegaderm™ CHG Chlorohexidine Gluconate I.V. Securement Dressing is used globally by clinicians and is clinically proven to reduce catheter-related bloodstream infections (CRBSI).
AbbVie: VENCLEXTA®/VENCLYXTO® (venetoclax) is a first-in-class medicine that selectively binds/inhibits the B-cell lymphoma-2 (BCL-2) protein, and is approved for certain blood cancer treatments.
AstraZeneca/Bristol Myers Squibb: Farxiga (dapagliflozin) is a C-aryl glucoside SGLT2 inhibitor that led to a shift in therapeutic strategy in type-2 diabetes, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction and chronic kidney disease.
Merck: KEYTRUDA, a humanized monoclonal antibody that targets PD-1 for the treatment of cancer.
Novartis: ENTRESTO® (sacubitril/valsartan) is an angiotensin receptor neprilysin inhibitor (ARNI), approved to reduce the risk of cardiovascular death and heart failure hospitalization in adults with chronic heart failure.
Pfizer: LORBRENA is a third-generation ALK inhibitor specifically designed by Pfizer scientists to inhibit the most common tumor mutations that drive resistance to current medications and to address metastases in the brain.
Any private or publicly owned for-profit company may nominate a team of chemists or allied scientists who played a vital role in the research and development of a commercial product that has had an impact on the welfare and progress of humanity. Nominating companies may choose to include individuals from other companies, government or academic labs, incubators, or other organizations as members of the teams they nominate. Former and deceased employees are eligible to be included in the nomination. The company nominating the technology must be the current owner of the technology. Celebrate your company’s hard work and success in innovation.
Please email ChemHero@acs.org with any questions