Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Press conference on the identification of existing drugs in Japan

Scene of the press conference. (From right) Makoto Gogami, President of the University of Tokyo, Yuji Yamanashi, Director of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, and Junichiro Inoue, Professor of the Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo. The University of Tokyo Yasuda Auditorium, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, March 18, 2020.

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