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Osaka Univ. Professor, Mitsubishi Tanabe Receive Prime Minister’s R&D Award for Contributions to Development of SGLT2 Inhibitor
The government has granted the prime minister’s award under the 3rd Japan Medical Research and Development Awards to Osaka University Professor Yoshikatsu Kanai and Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma for their contributions to the commercialization of SGLT2 inhibitors. The prime minister’s award…
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