ThromboGenics' Founder Prof Desire Collen Receives Scrip Lifetime Achievement Award

ThromboGenics' Founder Prof DesireThromboGenics' Founder Prof Desire Collen Receives Scrip Lifetime Achievement Award PR Newswire LEUVEN, Belgium, November 22, 2013 ThromboGenics NV (Euronext Brussels: THR), an integrated biopharmaceutical company focused on developing and commercializing innovative ophthalmic medicines, announces that its Founder and Chairman Prof Desire Collen has received the Scrip Lifetime Achievement award. He was presented with this prestigious industry award at the Scrip Awards 2013 event held in London last night. The Scrip Awards, now in their ninth year, are one of the most prestigious awards recognizing excellence in the global biopharmaceutical and clinical research industries. The Scrip Lifetime Achievement Award is reserved for an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the pharmaceutical/biotech industry. Prof Collen, commenting on his award, said: "I am extremely honoured to have won this award. To receive this level of recognition from the industry that I have dedicated most of my life to is extremely gratifying. I am very pleased that my efforts have led to two drugs that provide important patient benefits reaching the market and the creation of a number of promising biotech companies that I hope will be successful in bringing even more novel therapies to treat areas of high unmet medical need.