Awards & Winners

David Cushman

David Cushman was an American chemist who co-invented captopril, the first of the ACE inhibitors used in the treatment of cardiovascular disease. With Miguel A. Ondetti, he won the 1999 Lasker Award for: "developing an innovative approach to drug design based on protein structure and using it to create the ACE inhibitors, powerful oral agents for the treatment of high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease."

Awards by David Cushman

Check all the awards nominated and won by David Cushman.

1999


Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award
(For developing an innovative approach to drug design based on protein structure and using it to create the ACE inhibitors: powerful oral agents for the treatment of high blood pressure, heart failure, and diabetic kidney disease.)