A four-way industry-academic collaboration has been formed in Japan to develop an inhaler formulation of the pancreatitis drug nafamostat for the treatment of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). The University of Tokyo, RIKEN, Nichi-Iko Pharmaceutical, and Daiichi Sankyo said on…
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