Discovery of steroid sulphatase inhibitors recognised

摘要

The achievements of two researchers who contributed to the discovery of steroid sulphatase inhibitors were recognised at the British Pharmaceutical Conference held in Manchester earlier this month.Barry Potter, professor of medicinal and biological chemistry at the University of Bath, and the late Michael Reed, professor of steroid biochemistry at Imperial College, London, won the 2009 GlaxoSmithKline International Achievement Award. The award was presented in recognition of their contribution to the discovery of steroid sulphatase inhibitors, being investigated in clinical trials as anticancer agents by Ipsen.