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Arvid Carlsson

Pharmacologist; Nobel laureate in Physiology or Medicine, 2000

Sweden · 1923–2018

Science and medicine

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Swedish pharmacologist whose research on dopamine led to levodopa treatment for Parkinson's disease. He shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and continued active research collaborations long after formal retirement.

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Question What became visible only after your working life slowed down or ended? Time & hindsight read 15 other answers →

Then at the time of retirement, that's a big problem in Sweden, as a retired person, because then you are pushed off. I was fortunate even from that point of view because I got a very good research collaboration agreement with Upjohn, the American Upjohn company. So that could help me to go on with my research.

Recorded Adam Smith, Interview at the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Nobel Prize Outreach, 1207699200 source ↗

Question Which decision paid off only after many years, when its value could not yet be proved? Time & hindsight read 5 other answers →

I was fortunate even from that point of view because I got a very good research collaboration agreement with Upjohn, the American Upjohn company. So that could help me to go on with my research.

Recorded Adam Smith, Interview at the Nobel Foundation, Stockholm, Nobel Prize Outreach, 1207699200 source ↗

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