IFReC Professor Tadamitsu Kishimoto (Immune Regulation) was awarded the King Faisal International Prize for Medicine 2017. 
The awarded topic is: Biologic Therapeutics In Autoimmune Diseases. The award ceremony will be held at Riyadh, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in April.
The King Faisal International Prize is launched by the King Faisal Foundation, and is awar, and is awarded in five categories including Science and Medicine. Many prize winners have gone on to receive other prestigious prizes, such as the Nobel Prize.