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Satoshi Ōmura

Scientist · born July 12, 1935

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Satoshi Ōmura 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.

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  1. ~80Received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine2015
  2. ~80Received the Order of Culture2015

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