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The '''Wolf Prize in Medicine''' is awarded annually by the [[Wolf Foundation]] in [[Israel]].<ref name="Gurdon">{{cite book|last1=Gurdon|first1=John|title=Wolf prize in medicine 1978–2008|date=2012|publisher=World Scientific|location=Singapore|isbn=978-981-4291-73-6|volume=1}}</ref> It is one of the six [[Wolf Prize]]s established by the Foundation and awarded since 1978; the others are in [[Wolf Prize in Agriculture|Agriculture]], [[Wolf Prize in Chemistry|Chemistry]], [[Wolf Prize in Mathematics|Mathematics]], [[Wolf Prize in Physics|Physics]] and [[Wolf Prize in Arts|Arts]]. The Prize has been stated to be the second most prestigious award in [[science]] (REF missing), and a significant predictor of the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine|Nobel Prize]].<ref name="Siegel-Itzkovich">{{cite news|last1=Siegel-Itzkovich|first1=Judy|title=Wolf Prizes in the sciences and arts presented to nine North Americans|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Health/Wolf-Prizes-in-the-sciences-and-arts-presented-to-nine-North-Americans-389466|access-date=5 May 2016|work=The Jerusalem Post|date=29 January 2015}}</ref>
 
==Laureates==
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| 2023
| [[Daniel J. Drucker]]
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| for pioneering work in elucidating the mechanisms and therapeutic potential of enteroendocrine hormones.<ref>[https://wolffund.org.il/2023/02/07/daniel-joshua-drucker/ Wolf Prize 2023]</ref>
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| 2024
| [[Botond Roska]] <br> [[José-Alain Sahel]]
| {{HUN}} / {{flag|Switzerland}}; <br>{{FRA}} / {{USA}}
| for sight-saving and vision restoration to blind people using optogenetics.<ref>[https://wolffund.org.il/the-wolf-prize/#Laureates Laureates 2024]</ref>
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== Laureates per country ==
Below is a chart of all laureates per country (updated to 20232024 laureates). Some laureates are counted more than once if they have multiple citizenships.
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United States}}
|3738
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|United Kingdom}}
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Israel}}
|8
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|France}}
|34
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Japan}}
|3
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|France}}
|3
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Hungary}}
|12
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Russia}}
|1
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Italy}}
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|Russia}}
|1
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| style="text-align:left;" |{{flag|RussiaSwitzerland}}
|1
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