The award recognises researchers and companies for developing products that have led to significant advancements in improving health and the environment. The ceremony to honour these impressive achievements took place yesterday in Alexandria, Virginia.
David is a co-recipient of the award given to Merck & Co. Inc (MSD) for Bridion® (sugammadex). Bridion® is approved in 95+ countries for reversal of the effects of certain neuromuscular blocking agents in adults undergoing surgery. It binds these agents, reducing the amount of active drug available to relax the muscles, resulting in reversal of neuromuscular blockade. David devised the concept of using chemical chelation to reverse anaesthesia and led the team of chemists involved in the early discovery of Bridion® (sugammadex) whilst at Organon Laboratories, Scotland, UK (which became part of MSD in 2009).
