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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Tu Youyou
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 Tu Youyou "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria"
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