Nobel Prize for Discovery of Ivermectin and Artemisinin – What is the Importance of these Drugs in Tropical Medicine?
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Kaushik Bharati, PhD This year’s Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to three distinguished scientists for their work on parasitic diseases. One half of the prize was jointly awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura “for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites”. The other half of the prize was awarded to Youyou Tu “for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against malaria” (Nobelprize.org). Professors Campbell ...
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