Daniel J. Drucker, Jeffrey M. Friedman, Joel F. Habener, Jens Juul Holst and Svetlana Mojsov 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research

Statement by Daniel J. Drucker following the conferral of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical And Scientific Research.

“It is extremely exciting and a great honor to be recognized for our science together with my colleagues with the prestigious 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research.”

Daniel J. Drucker
Toronto (Canada), 5th June 2024

Statement by Jeffrey M. Friedman following the conferral of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical And Scientific Research.

“I am humbled to join the past and present recipients of the Princess of Asturias Awards. It is especially exciting to be joined by the other recipients who have made exceptional contributions not only to my field of study but also the other fields that are recognized. I would like to express my deepest gratitude to the Royal Family for their efforts through this award to celebrate our common heritage.”

Jeffrey M. Friedman
New York, 5th June 2024

Statement by Jens Juul Holst following the conferral of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical And Scientific Research.

“I am extremely grateful for having been awarded the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research. It represents a recognition of the importance of the discovery and further development of the glucagon-like peptide-1 peptide for therapies of obesity and diabetes, and it really has been an amazing journey from the isolation of a peptide from the gut with an ability to stimulate insulin secretion to days overwhelming results where unprecedented efficacy in the treatment of obesity and diabetes is accompanied by highly significant improvements of cardiovascular, renal and cerebral health and survival.”

Jens Juul Holst
Copenhagen, 5th June 2024

Statement by Svetlana Mojsov following the conferral of the 2024 Princess of Asturias Award for Technical And Scientific Research.

“I am very honored to receive the prestigious 2024 Princess of Asturias Award and want to express my gratitude to the members of the selection committee for recognizing my discovery of the active sequence of GLP-1.”

Svetlana Mojsov
New York, 5th June 2024