6 October 2021

Dear Dr. Julius,
Dear Dr. Patapoutian,

The Executive Board of the German Pain Association and all its members would like to congratulate you on being honored with the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the year 2021.

Your scientific work and the discovery of the molecular mechanisms how heat, cold and touch initiate signals in the nervous system are groundbreaking for our current understanding of the pathophysiology underlying pain – especially neuropathic pain – and laid the foundations for the development of novel pharmacotherapeutic strategies.

We are delighted that the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm has decided to award the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine to both of you and extend our warmest congratulations.

Johannes Horlemann, MD

President of the German Pain Association
for the Executive Board and all members of the German Pain Association

„It is, indeed, a great moment for all of us in the field - scientists and clinicians alike - who are working to understand basic pain mechanisms and develop strategies for treating chronic inflammatory and neuropathic pain.I would like to thank you and your colleagues in the German Pain Association for all that you do to support and encourage education, research, patient advocacy and treatment.”

Die DGS bedankt sich für diese Rückmeldung!