Bengt I. Samuelsson

Bengt Ingemar Samuelsson (21 May 1934 – 7 July 2024) was a Swedish biochemist. He shared with Sune K. Bergström and John R. Vane the 1982 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for discoveries about prostaglandins and related substances.Swedish Medical Association's Jubilee Award

He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1988.

Samuelsson died on 7 July 2024 in Mölle, Sweden from heart disease at the age of 90.

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