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The University of Tokyo, RIKEN, Nichi-Iko and Daiichi Sankyo Reach Basic Agreement on Collaborative R&D on Nafamostat Inhalation Formulation for Treatment of Novel Corona Virus Infection (COVID-19)Collaborative Research and Development Agreement • June 5th, 2020
In the first stage of infection by the causative virus of COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, the outer envelope of the virus fuses with the host cell surface membrane. Prof. Junichiro Inoue, Institute of Medical Science, The University of Tokyo (at the time of the study, currently Senior Professor at the University of Tokyo) and others discovered that by preventing this fusion, Nafamostat could efficiently inhibit the viral entry process. Nafamostat is an injectable that has been prescribed mainly as a treatment for acute pancreatitis and disseminated intravascular coagulation for many years in Japan and adequate safety-related clinical data has been accumulated.
