BioUtah recently presented its 2023 Life Sciences Awards at the Utah Life Sciences Summit, held at the Salt Palace Convention Center in Salt Lake City.
The annual awards recognize leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs who have made significant contributions to the state’s life sciences industry.
Recipients are:
- Lifetime Achievement: Dan Simmons, president and chief scientist at Intronex Laboratories.
The discovery of the enzyme known as COX-2 began in 1980 when Simmons started his Ph.D. work on drug metabolizing enzymes. He learned early on how to clone CDNA and genes. The actual cloning of COX-2 was done by Simmons, assisted by an Please log in to see the rest of this story.
