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Satoshi Ōmura

Japanese biochemist, microbiologist, and university teacher (born 1935)

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Dec 14, 2025
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What did Satoshi Omera publish and is it peer-reviewed or retracted?

Satoshi Ōmura is a Japanese biochemist credited with discovering hundreds of bioactive compounds and winning the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for work leading to ivermectin; his long pub...

Dec 14, 2025

Ivermectin is effective for covid19 per satoshi omera.

Claims that “Ivermectin is effective for COVID‑19” and that Nobel laureate Satoshi Ōmura “confirmed” that efficacy are disputed: fact‑checking outlets say Ōmura’s review in the Japanese Journal of Ant...