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Satoshi Ōmura

1935 - Today

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Satoshi Ōmura (大村 智, Ōmura Satoshi; [oːmɯɾa saꜜtoɕi]; born 12 July 1935) is a Japanese biochemist. He is known for the discovery and development of hundreds of pharmaceuticals originally occurring in microorganisms. In 2015, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly with William C. Campbell for their role in the discovery of avermectins and ivermectin, the world's first endectocide and a safe and highly effective microfilaricide. It is believed that the large molecular size of ivermectin prevents it from crossing the blood/aqueous humour barrier, and renders the drug an important treatment of helminthically-derived blindness. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Satoshi Ōmura is the 288th most popular chemist (down from 212th in 2019), the 384th most popular biography from Japan (down from 244th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Japanese Chemist.

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Among CHEMISTS

Among chemists, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 288 out of 602. Before him are Ascanio Sobrero, Carl Auer von Welsbach, Charles François de Cisternay du Fay, Axel Fredrik Cronstedt, Richard J. Roberts, and Locusta. After him are Thomas Andrews, Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, Kikunae Ikeda, Leopold Gmelin, Per Teodor Cleve, and William C. Campbell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 69. Before him are Mirella Freni, Pranab Mukherjee, Donald P. Bellisario, Wim Duisenberg, Azzedine Alaïa, and Lorenzo Bandini. After him are Paul H. O'Neill, Fritz Honka, Mohammad Hussein Fadlallah, Friðrik Ólafsson, Pepe, and Lajos Tichy.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 384 out of 6,245. Before him are Shigeyoshi Suzuki (1902), Misao Tamai (1903), Izumo no Okuni (1572), Emperor Fushimi (1265), Toshio Miyaji (null), and Yanosuke Watanabe (null). After him are Mōri Motonari (1497), Mamoru Shigemitsu (1887), Emperor Kōbun (648), Hidesaburō Ueno (1872), Ichirō Hatoyama (1883), and Sakae Takahashi (null).

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Among CHEMISTS In Japan

Among chemists born in Japan, Satoshi Ōmura ranks 7. Before him are Akira Suzuki (1930), Kenichi Fukui (1918), Osamu Shimomura (1928), Hideki Shirakawa (1936), Ryōji Noyori (1938), and Akira Yoshino (1948). After him are Kikunae Ikeda (1864), Kaoru Ishikawa (1915), Koichi Tanaka (1959), Masatoshi Shima (1943), and Takamine Jōkichi (1854).

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