The Collège de France rejoices in the awarding of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry to Henri Kagan. The Nobel committee highlighted that his "discoveries have played a determining role for chemists who design reactions for the manufacture of pharmaceutical products."
This distinction recognizes an exceptional scientific career that began at the institution. As a young researcher, Henri Kagan earned his doctorate in 1960, dedicated to steroid chemistry, under the supervision of chemist Jean Jacques. He later became a research associate to Alain Horeau, holder of the chair in Organic Chemistry of Hormones (1956-1980).
The Collège de France extends its warmest congratulations to Henri Kagan for this prestigious recognition, which crowns a remarkable scientific body of work.
