Prize Announcement

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

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William C. Campbell

Prize share: 1/4

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Satoshi Ōmura

Prize share: 1/4

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Youyou Tu

Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 was divided, one half jointly to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" and the other half to Youyou Tu "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".

Announcement of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Urban Lendahl, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, on 6 October 2015.

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Interview

Following the announcement, Professor Juleen Zierath, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, was interviewed by freelance journalist Lotta Fredholm about the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

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