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Medal for the Nobel Prize for Medicine

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awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming

Medal for the Nobel Prize for Medicine
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This medal, the Nobel Prize for Medicine, was awarded to Sir Alexander Fleming in 1945 for his contribution to the development of the first effective antibiotic, penicillin.

The medal is gold and issued by the Nobel Foundation in Stockholm. It is one of the highest awards given for medical research.

Sir Alexander Fleming, 1881-1955, discovered 'penicillium notatum' in 1928. This allowed other scientists, Howard Florey and Ernst Chain, to isolate penicillin - an effective antibiotic - in 1940. All three men shared the 1945 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

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