Canadian scientist wins Breakthrough Prize for discovery of hormone used in Ozempic, Mounjaro
07-04-2025 23:31 via cbc.ca

Canadian scientist wins Breakthrough Prize for discovery of hormone used in Ozempic, Mounjaro

Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist and a clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto and the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute at Sinai Health, shares the $3 US million prize with four colleagues from the United States and Denmark.
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