Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988
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Sir James W. Black
Prize share: 1/3
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Gertrude B. Elion
Prize share: 1/3
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George H. Hitchings
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988 was awarded jointly to Sir James W. Black, Gertrude B. Elion and George H. Hitchings "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment"
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