The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015

William C. Campbell

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Prize share: 1/4

Satoshi Ōmura

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Prize share: 1/4

Youyou Tu

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Prize share: 1/2

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

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