The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982
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Sune K. Bergström
Prize share: 1/3
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Bengt I. Samuelsson
Prize share: 1/3
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John R. Vane
Prize share: 1/3
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982 was awarded jointly to Sune K. Bergström, Bengt I. Samuelsson and John R. Vane "for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances"
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