The European Society for Clinical and Economic Aspects of Osteoporosis and Osteoarthritis (ESCEO) and the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) presented the first ESCEO-IOF Pierre Delmas Medal during the WCO-IOF-ESCEO Congress 2024 in London, UK. The Award is named after Pierre Delmas, Professor of Medicine and Rheumatology at the University of Lyon, France, Director of the INSERM research unit « Pathophysiology of Osteoporosis ». He was an outstanding scientist who directed essential basic and clinical research in metabolic bone diseases, particularly in osteoporosis and osteoarthritis and he as the co-founder and the first President of the IOF.

The Pierre Delmas Prize is awarded to an individual for outstanding and major scientific contributions to the study of bone and mineral diseases, and consists of a grant of €2000 and a medal. The prize Committee is composed of leading scientists chosen within the IOF Committee of Scientific Advisors and ESCEO Scientific Advisory Board.