Grifols announces haemostasis research award winners

Grifols has confirmed the winners of this year's Martin Villar Awards for Research in Haemostasis.

A group of researchers led by Rodney Camire won first prize for a paper indicating that the zymogen-like FXa variant corrects the coagulation defect in haemophilic mice.

Second prize went to Rezan Kadir for a publication entitled 'Noninvasive prenatal diagnosis of haemophilia by microfluidics digital PCR analysis of maternal plasma DNA', which developed a methodology for determining whether a foetus has inherited a causative mutation for haemophilia from its mother.

Katherine High was awarded third prize for a paper entitled 'In vivo genome editing restores haemostasis in a mouse model of haemophilia.'

The Martin Villar Awards pay tribute to Dr Jose Martin Villar, a world-renowned haematologist and pioneer of haemophilia treatment in Spain.

A cheque for 25,000 euros (19,700 pounds) is awarded for first prize, with second prize receiving 10,000 euros and third place taking home 5,000 euros.