The missing link between EADS, which is better known for making planes, helicopters and aerospace systems, and Carpentier--who won a Lasker Prize last year for his work on prosthetic heart valves--is largely due to the late Jean-Luc Lagardere.

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He had to wait until 1973 to receive the Albert Lasker award, considered America's leading prize for medical research.

ECONOMIST: Paul Zoll

In addition to the Nobel Prize, Dr. Edwards received the 2001 Albert Lasker Award for Clinical Medical Research.

WSJ: Robert Edwards, Pioneer of In Vitro Fertilization