The Novo Nordisk Prize
Objectives:
The Novo Nordisk Prize was founded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation and is awarded in the Foundation's name and from the Foundation's funds. The prize is awarded - without application - in recognition of unique medical research or other research contributions that are of benefit to medical science. The prize is awarded for a predominantly Danish contribution.
The prize is awarded annually and comprises a personal award as well as an allowance for research purposes within the prize recipient's area of expertise.
Novo Nordisk Prize Assessment Committee
Professor Bo Ahrén
MD
Director, professor, dr.odont Birgitte Nanutofte
Professor Henning Beck-Nielsen
DMSc
Professor Niels Borregaard
DMSc
Professor Jan Fahrenkrug (chairman)
DMSc
Professor Mads Melbye
DMSc
Professor Ebba Néxø
Professor Thue W. Schwartz
DMSc
| Novo Prize Winners 1963-1989 |
| 1963 | Professor, dr.med. | Erik Warburg |
| 1964 | Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Claus Brun |
| 1965 | Professor, dr.med. | J.C. Skou |
| 1966 | Professor, dr.med. | Jørn Hess Thaysen |
| 1967 | Professor, dr.med. | Knud Lundbæk |
| 1968 | Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Niels A. Lassen |
| 1969 | Professor, dr.phil. | Erik Zeuthen |
| 1970 | Professor, dr.med. | Poul Astrup |
| 1971 | Professor, dr.med. | Mogens Schou |
| 1972 | Senior Doctor, dr.med. | J.Chr. Siim |
| 1973 | Professor, mag.scient. | K.A. Marcker |
| 1974 | Professor, dr.med. | Michael Schwartz |
| 1975 | Director, dr.phil | Georg Mandahl-Barth |
| 1976 | Professor, dr.med. | Niels Tygstrup |
| 1977 | Professor, dr.med. | Erik Amdrup |
| 1978 | Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Margareta Mikkelsen og |
| Professor, dr.med. | Villy Posborg Petersen | |
| 1979 | Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Gerhard Salomon |
| 1980 | Professor, dr.med. | Bent Friis-Hansen |
| 1981 | Professor, dr.med. | Flemming Kissmeyer-Nielsen og |
| Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Arne Svejgaard | |
| 1982 | Professor, dr.med. | Jens F. Rehfeld |
| 1983 | Professor, dr.med. | Christian Crone |
| 1984 | Dept. Leader, dr. med. | Staffan Magnusson |
| 1985 | Professor, dr.phil. | Hans Klenow |
| 1986 | Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Hans Henrik Holm |
| 1987 | Professor, dr.phil. | Hans H. Ussing |
| 1988 | Professor, dr.med. | Gunnar Bendixen |
| 1989 | Assistant Professor dr.med. | Ove B. Norén og |
| Assistant Professor, dr.med. | Hans G. Sjöström |
| Novo Nordisk Prize Winners 1990-2009 |
| 1990 | Professor, dr.med. | Morten Simonsen |
| 1991 | Professor, dr.med. | Peter Leth Jørgensen og |
| Professor, med.dr. | Arvid Maunsbach | |
| 1992 | Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Jan Fahrenkrug og |
| Professor, dr.med. | Jens Juul Holst | |
| 1993 | Professor, dr.med. | Niels E. Skakkebæk |
| 1994 | Professor, dr.med. | Hans Jørgen G. Gundersen |
| 1995 | Research Professor, dr.med. | Niels Borregaard |
| 1996 | Professor, Senior Doctor, dr.med. | Henrik Kehlet |
| 1997 | Research Professor, dr.scient. | Peter E. Nielsen |
| 1998 | Professor, dr.med. | Michael J. Mulvany og |
| Professor, dr.med. | Christian Aalkjær | |
| 1999 | Professor, med.dr. | Bengt Saltin |
| 2000 | Research Professor, dr.med. | Peter Aaby |
| 2001 | Professor, dr.med. | Thue W. Schwartz |
| 2002 | Professor, dr.med. | Jørgen Gliemann |
| 2003 | Professor, Dept. Leader | Jiri Bartek og |
| Seniorforsker | Jiri Lukas | |
| 2004 | Professor | Peter Roepstorff og |
| Professor | Matthias Mann | |
| 2005 | Professor, dr.med. | Mads Melbye |
| 2006 | Professor, dr.med. | Henning Beck-Nielsen |
2007 | Professor, dr.med | Marja Jäättelä |
| 2008 | Professor, director | Kristian Helin |
| 2009 | Director, professor, dr.med. | Søren Nielsen |