50 years of innovation

In 1970, the French pharmacist Roland Mehl created the award as a tribute to “innovative pharmacotherapeutic research” to recognize society’s appreciation of drug research. Mehl had few opportunities to make his idea a reality. That’s why he sought support from the publisher of the French medical journal ‘Le Quotidien du Médecin’, which would become patron and organizer of the award.

Claudius Galenus himself was a successful Greek physician, based on humour theory.

The Prix Galien was a purely French concept, until Belgium participated in 1982…