Prize Announcement

Announcement of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine by Professor Hans Jörnvall, Secretary of the Nobel Committee for Physiology or Medicine, on 6 October 2008. Presentation of the prize-awarded work by Professor Jan Andersson, followed by a press conference.

Following the announcement, Professor Jan Andersson told senior editor Simon Frantz why the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was divided between two discoveries of viruses involved in diseases that affect global health.