The Galien Foundation
Non-profit OrganizationsNew York, United States11-50 Employees
The Galien Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on advancing human health through scientific innovation. It fosters, recognizes, and rewards advances in life sciences and aims to catalyze the development of new treatments and technologies that could transform medical practice. Established in Paris in 1970 by Roland Mehl in honor of Galen, the Prix Galien is widely regarded as the equivalent of the Nobel Prize in biopharmaceutical research, highlighting collaborative and multidisciplinary progress. Based in New York City, the foundation operates internationally through the Prix Galien program, with a footprint across 16 countries in Africa, Europe, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Expansion is currently underway in South Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Australia. In 2025, it launched the inaugural Prix Galien Bridges Forum and Awards Ceremony at the Nobel Forum in Stockholm and announced the first-ever Patient Summit for Prix Galien USA, signaling a broader, cross-border approach to recognizing life sciences innovation.