Varro E. Tyler Award for Phytomedicinal Research
Alice Mead, VP of US Public Policy & Public Affairs, accepted the Varro E. Tyler Commercial Investment in Phytomedicinal Research Award for GW Pharmaceuticals from Dr Stefan Gafner, ABC's Chief Science Officer.
The ABC Tyler Award was created to honor one of the most respected scientists in late-20th century herbal medicine and pharmacognosy (the study of medicines of natural origin). Professor Tyler was an early trustee of ABC, dean of the Purdue University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences for 20 years, and vice president of academic affairs at Purdue. Tyler encouraged scientific and product integrity, and envisioned a rational phytomedicinal health care sector that valued the proper evaluation of products’ quality, safety, and efficacy.