Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai were awarded the prize for breakthroughs that have advanced the development of modern pharmaceuticals.
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Nobel prize in chemistry awarded for work on mirror-image molecules
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Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to Kagan and Soai for developing 'spectacular' chemical reactions
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🔴Nobel Prize in chemistry awarded to France's Henri Kagan, Japan's Kenso Soai
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