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NORD Honorees
NORD Tribute Banquet Past Honorees
2002
- Linda Suydam, DPA, Senior Associate Commissioner, FDA
- U.S. Representative Mark Foley (R-FL)
- U.S. Representative John M. Shimkus (R-IL)
- U.S. Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA)
- Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc.
- AstraZeneca
- The Medtronic Foundation
- ILEX Oncology, Inc.
- Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Novartis Pharmaceuticals
2001
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U.S.Congressman Senator David R. Obey
- Dr. Robert J. Temple, FDA Director Office of Medical Policy
- Dr. Roscoe O. Brady, NIH Chief of Developmental and Metabolic Neurology
- Kay Holcombe, Executive Vice President of Policy Directions
- Cell Therapeutics, Inc.
- InterMune
- Orphan Medical, Inc.
- General Cologne Re Corporation
- Transkaryotic Therapies, Inc.
2000
- U.S. Representative John D. Dingell
- U.S. Representative Charles Norwood
- Christopher C. Jennings, Assistant to the President for Health Policy Development
- Frank Sasinowski, Hyman, Phelps & McNamara P.C.
- Nancy Harris, Chairperson NORD Board of Directors
- Elan Pharmaceuticals
- INO Therapeutics, Inc.
- Orphan Pharmaceuticals U.S.A., Inc.
1999
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U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein
- Jane E. Henney, M.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
- Agnes Varis, President, Agvar Chemicals, Inc.
- Curt Engelhorn, President, European Foundation for the Advancement of Medicine and the Engelhorn Foundation for Rare Diseases
- Celgene Corporation
- Centocor, Inc.
- Cephalon, Inc.
1998
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Larry King, CNN
- U.S. Congresswoman Senator Louise M. Slaughter
- U.S. Congressman Robert Matsui
- Stephen C. Groft, Pharm.D, Director, NIH Office of Rare Diseases
- Lars-Uno Larsson, President and CEO, Swedish Orphan, AB
- Genetics Institute, Inc.
- PathoGenesis Corporation
1997
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U.S. Senator Richard L. Durbin
- U.S. Congressman Christopher Shays
- William V. Corr, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
- MedImmune
- Rhone-Poulenc Rorer
- Ucyclyd Pharma
1996
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U.S. Senator James M. Jeffords
- W. French Anderson, M.D., Gene Therapy Pioneer
- Marlene Haffner, M.D., M.P.H., Director, FDA Office of Orphan Products Development
- Glaxo Wellcome, Inc.
- Orphan Medical, Inc.
1995
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Harold Varmus, M.D., Director, National Institutes of Health
- Carol Hampton Rasco, Domestic Policy Advisor to the President
- Jess G. Thoene, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics, University of Michigan
- Past Chairman of the Board of NORD
- Ken Larsen, President, Copley Pharmaceutical, Inc.
- Mylan Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
- Genetic Therapy, Inc.
1994
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Philip R. Lee, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Health, Department of Health & Human Services
- Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., Director, National Center for Human Genome Research, National Institutes of Health
- Larry Thompson, Author, Correcting the Code: Inventing the Genetic Cure for the Human Body
- Miles, Inc.
- Roberts Pharmaceutical
1993
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U.S. Senator Nancy L. Kassebaum
- U.S. Congressman Henry A. Waxman
- Jack Klugman, Actor
- Bruce Fried, Senior Vice President & Deputy Council, The Wexler Group
- Melvin Van Woert, M.D., Neurologist & Pharmacologist, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Mission Pharmacal Company
1992
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David Kessler, M.D., J.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
- Allergan, Inc.
- Teva/Lemmon/Gate Pharmaceuticals
- Sigma-Tau Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1991
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U.S. Senator Mark O. Hatfield
- Theodore Cooper, M.D., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, The Upjohn Company
- Marion Finkel, M.D., Vice President, Sandoz Pharmaceuticals
- Enzon, Inc.
- Schering-Plough Company
1990
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U.S. Senator Tom Harkin
- U.S. Congressman Silvio Conte
- Jacob Schein, Chairman of the Board Schien Laboratories
- James B. Wyngaarden, M.D.
- Burroughs Wellcome Company
- Somerset Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
1989
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U.S. Congressman Doug Walgreen
- American Airlines
- Warner-Lambert Company
- Kendall-McGaw Laboratories
1988
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U.S. Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr.
- Frank Young, M.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration
- Alice Fordyce, Executive Vice President, Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation
- Merck & Company
- Lyphomed, Inc.
- Sandoz Pharmaceuticals
1987
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U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch
- U.S. Congressman Jamie L. Whitten
- Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- Hoffman-LaRoche
- Revco Drug Stores
1986
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U.S. Senator Nancy L. Kassebaum
- U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum
- U.S. Congressman Henry A. Waxman
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