PAST AWARD
WINNERS
Ernest C. Manning Principal Award
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Dr. Lorne Tyrell
Discovered a unique system to identify compounds with antiviral activity. The drug lamivudine was then shown by Dr. Tyrrell to be a very potent treatment of chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection and was the first oral antiviral agent licensed to treat this global disease.