Congratulations to The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 laureates

The Gairdner Foundation congratulates the latest laureates of The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 2015.

These include Professor Satoshi Omura who was our 2014 Canada Gairdner Global Health Award winner, and Dr. William Campbell for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites.

The other half of the prize goes to Youyou Tu for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria. Remarkable discoveries that have all changed the face of disease around the world.

Professor Omura is our 83rd Canada Gairdner Awardee to go on to win a Nobel Prize and our first Canada Gairdner Global Health Award winner to do so.

In 2014 we awarded Professor Omura:

“For the discovery of the microorganism Streptomyces avermitilis and its extraordinary biologic activity that in partnership with Merck led to the identification of avermectin and development of ivermectin, a highly successful treatment for many parasitic diseases, and the global consortium directed at eliminating river blindness”