Akira Endo

Akira Endo
遠藤章
Dr. Endo
Born(1933-11-14)14 November 1933
Higashiyuri (present-day Yurihonjō, Akita)
Died5 June 2024(2024-06-05) (aged 90)
Tokyo, Japan
Alma materTohoku University,
Known fordiscovering the first statin (HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor), paving the way for statin drug development
AwardsHeinrich Wieland Prize (1987)
Japan Prize (2006)
Massry Prize (2006)
Lasker Award (2008)
National Inventors Hall of Fame 2012)
Canada Gairdner International Award (2017)
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
InstitutionsSankyo Co., Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology

Akira Endo (遠藤 章, Endō Akira; 14 November 1933 – 5 June 2024) was a Japanese biochemist. He was known for his research into the relationship between fungi and cholesterol biosynthesis led to the development of statin drugs.

He received the Japan Prize in 2006, the Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award in 2008, the Canada Gairdner International Award in 2017.

Endo died on 5 June 2024 in Tokyo, Japan at the age of 90.

References

  1. ↑ The Science and Technology Foundation of Japan. Japan Prize official release Archived 2007-01-10 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 21 June 2006
  2. ↑ "Lasker~DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award, 2008: Akira Endo". Archived from the original on 2015-05-22. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
  3. ↑ Japan Biochemist Who Discovered Statins, Akira Endo, Dies At 90: Colleague