Sir James Black is joint winner of Nobel Prize for medicine

Title

Sir James Black is joint winner of Nobel Prize for medicine

Genre

Interview

TX Date

17 Oct 1988

Year of production

1988

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Duration

00:02:35

Description

James Black, Professor of Analytical Pharmacology at Kings College Medical School, London reacts to news he has jointly won the Nobel Prize for medicine with US colleagues George Hitchings and Gertrude Elion. He has been developing drugs including beta blockers and drugs against AIDS. Male interviewer not identified.

Contributors

James Black

Keywords

Drugs; Nobel prizes; Medical research; Clinical medicine; Chemical sciences; Gertrude Elion; George Hitchings

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