Neuren Pharmaceuticals (ASX: NEU) today announced that Professor Margaret Brimble, head of medicinal chemistry at the Company and researcher at the University of Auckland, is the first New Zealander to receive a Laureate award for scientific excellence from the L’Oréal-United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) for Women in Science Awards for her research on the synthesis of biologically active natural products that provide new lead compounds in the development of drugs.
