DUBLIN, Calif., Aug. 20, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Astex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq:ASTX), a pharmaceutical company dedicated to the discovery and development of novel small molecule therapeutics, today announced that its president and director, Harren Jhoti, PhD, will be presented with the 2012 Prous Institute-Overton and Meyer Award for New Technologies in Drug Discovery by the European Federation for Medicinal Chemistry. The biennial award recognizes research and innovation with respect to technology in drug discovery.
