
Satoshi Ōmura
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Satoshi Ōmura (大村 智, Ōmura Satoshi; [oːmɯɾa saꜜtoɕi]; born 12 July 1935) is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015 he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Tu Youyou and with William C. Campbell for their role in the discovery of the world's first endectocide, ivermectin, a safe and highly effective microfilaricide. It is believed that the large molecular size of ivermecti
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William C. Campbell, Satoshi Ōmura and Youyou Tu Win 2015 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine - Chemical & Engineering News
[2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine] Three Scientists Share Award for Combating Parasites and Malaria
Nobel Prize Awarded to Satoshi Omura, Wesleyan’s Max Tishler Professor of Chemistry