novartis-drew award novartis-drew award the novartis-drew award for biomedical research is an award jointly presented by novartis and drew university. it comprises a cash award (originally $2000) and a plaque. the award was initially created as the ciba-drew award for biomedical research and renamed following the change of company name from ciba-geigy to novartis in 1996. incomplete list of winners novartis-drew award 2003: elaine fuchs; philip a. sharp; david botstein 2002: frank mccormick ; brian j. druker ; harold varmus 2001: sidney brenner ; eric lander ; craig venter 2000: susan l. lindquist 1999: elizabeth helen blackburn; joan steitz 1998: tom maniatis; alexander varshavsky 1997: edward alan berger ciba-drew award 1996: h. robert horvitz; stanley j. korsmeyer 1995: joseph schlessinger; günter blobel ; arnold j. levine 1994: thomas r. cech; albert eschenmoser; manfred eigen 1993: leroy hood; francis s. collins 1992: stuart l. schreiber ; peter g. schultz ; richard lerner 1991: sir michael berridge 1990: roger david kornberg; nicholas r. cozzarelli 1989: robert william mahley 1988: samuel broder; robert c. gallo ; luc montagnier 1987: thomas a. waldmann 1986: michael h. wigler 1985: jean-pierre changeux ; solomon halbert snyder 1984: albrecht fleckenstein ; harald reuter 1983: ronald levy; 1982: 1981: c. ronald kahn; donald f. steiner ; sydney brenner 1980: bengt i. samuelsson; john robert vane 1979: paul greengard 1978: 1977: robert c. gallo; fred rapp