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Fujifilm Wants to Launch Avigan Trial in Japan by End of This Week, Abe Talks to WHO Chief
Fujifilm Toyama Chemical plans to kick off its company-sponsored registration trial in Japan for the anti-flu agent Avigan (favipiravir) by the end of the week at the earliest for the treatment of the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19, a company official…
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