Jan Alexander, who is the Deputy Director-General and Professor, MD, PhD at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, has been awarded the BCPT Nordic Prize 2016 in Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology in recognition of his more than 40 years of research in the field of food safety and nutrition.

BCPT or “Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology” is a Nordic, scientific journal. For further information about the BCPT Nordic Prize and the journal, please contact Editor-in-Chief, Professor Kim Brøsen at kbrosen@health.du.dk or visit http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1742-7843