%0 Journal Article %T MEDIGENE PROGRAM REWARDED WITH THE EUROPEAN STARS AWARD 2017 %A F. Grigorescu %J Archive of "Acta Endocrinologica (Bucharest)". %D 2017 %R 10.4183/aeb.2017.512 %X On December 4th 2017, the European program MEDIGENE (http://cordis.europa.eu) was awarded by the French Minister Miss Fr¨¦d¨¦rique Vidal with the occasion of the 5th session of ¡°Etoiles de l¡¯Europe¡± in the section Open Science (www.horizon2020.gouv.fr). The ceremony was carried out at the Mus¨¦e du Quai Branly in Paris where the coordinator Prof. Florin Grigorescu, the manager of the program Christophe Normand, the team member Corinne Lautier and the president of SME INTACTILE Design Yves Rinato received the price. The decision was taken by an independent jury presided by Prof. Jean Chambaz from the University Pierre and Marie Curie in Paris. The award recompenses the coordination from France of European programs. In face of ambitious goals of MEDIGENE, we express our gratitude for this distinction in the context of numerous participants in the Mediterranean countries %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6516546/