Napoleone Ferrara

Italian-American scientist Napoleone Ferrara has been awarded the 2026 Yergin Family International Prize for Biomedical Research. Ferrara, based at UC San Diego, is known for his pioneering work on vascular endothelial growth factor, which led to anti-VEGF therapies for cancer and blinding eye diseases. The prize honours major contributions to biomedical science, and the announcement is drawing attention across the medical research community.