FWiW no drug has ever won a Nobel prize - researchers are awarded such prizes.
Specifically William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work developing a new drug, Avermectin.
From the actual press release from the actual Nobel Prize Committee [1]:
which was subsequently chemically modified to a more effective compound called Ivermectin.
Ivermectin was later tested in humans with parasitic infections and effectively killed parasite larvae (microfilaria).
Collectively, Ōmura and Campbell’s contributions led to the discovery of a new class of drugs with extraordinary efficacy against parasitic diseases.
So, in actual fact NOT used for treatment of "infectious diseases" but for treatment specifically of parasitic diseases because it was developed to be a highly effective dewormer that kills roundworm parasites.
The Nobel Prize press release that you yourself cite (although apparently have never actually read) depicts Ivermectin as a Horse Dewormer (see figure 3) - it also deworms cattle, humans, pigs, etc.
As a highly effective dewormer it is obviously positively correlated with health improvements in any large population with significant parasites - killing parasite improves overall health, more food eaten available for the host, improved immune responses, etc.
Hence the reason for many global studies showing positive results following Ivermectin treatments.
Hence also the reason quacks in the US started pushing propaganda about supposed effectiveness against COVID, setting up smoke and mirror site such as the one linked above, and spreading sly not quite untruths such as the Nobel Prize one you've repeated.
Do please read the original 2015 press release in full.
Specifically William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura shared the 2015 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their work developing a new drug, Avermectin.
From the actual press release from the actual Nobel Prize Committee [1]:
So, in actual fact NOT used for treatment of "infectious diseases" but for treatment specifically of parasitic diseases because it was developed to be a highly effective dewormer that kills roundworm parasites.The Nobel Prize press release that you yourself cite (although apparently have never actually read) depicts Ivermectin as a Horse Dewormer (see figure 3) - it also deworms cattle, humans, pigs, etc.
As a highly effective dewormer it is obviously positively correlated with health improvements in any large population with significant parasites - killing parasite improves overall health, more food eaten available for the host, improved immune responses, etc.
Hence the reason for many global studies showing positive results following Ivermectin treatments.
Hence also the reason quacks in the US started pushing propaganda about supposed effectiveness against COVID, setting up smoke and mirror site such as the one linked above, and spreading sly not quite untruths such as the Nobel Prize one you've repeated.
Do please read the original 2015 press release in full.
[1] https://web.archive.org/web/20151005210425/http://www.nobelp...