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tute Professors at MIT (an Institute Professor is MITs highest honor), received the 2019 Dreyfus Prize in the Chemical Sciences, for Chemistry in Support of Human Health. The biennial prize included a $250,000 award. Considered one of the most prestigious awards in chemistry, Langer is the first chemical engineer to win. He was recognized for his work with tissue engineering and developing drug delivery systems through the Langer Lab at MIT. 80 NORDICLIFESCIENCE.ORG had a transformative impact on human health through the chemical sciences,” states the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. “He has been cited as one of history’s most prolific inventors in medicine and biochemistry. The drug delivery technologies that he invented have been lauded as the cornerstone of that industry, positively impacting hundreds of millions of people worldwide.” His projects have also been cited more than those of any other engineer in history, according to MIT. Langer’s patents and patent applications total almost 1,400 globally, and they have been licensed or sublicensed to more than 400 pharmaceutical, chemical, biotechnology and medical device companies, the University notes. He has refined a process of converting research into a product more quickly and efficiently than most. Perhaps just as important as the products Langer has created is the living legacy; the scientists, CEOs, clinicians, academics and researchers he has mentored and sent into different industries. “I cannot think of anyone deserving this great honor more,” says Dr. Alexander M. Klibanov, Novartis Chair and Professor Emeritus at MIT.