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Hiroaki Mitsuya

Hiroaki Mitsuya is a Japanese virologist famous for his role in discovery of the anti-HIV drug zidovudine (AZT) as well as other anti-AIDS drugs including didanosine (ddI) and zalcitabine (ddC).

Awards and honors
• 2006: NIH World AIDS Day Award • 2007: Takamine Memorial Daiichi Sankyo Prize • 2007: Medal of Purple ribbon • 2007: Keio Medical Science Prize • 2014: Yomiuri International Cooperation Award • 2015: Asahi Prize • 2015: Japan Academy Prize (academics) • 2023: Order of the Sacred Treasure • 2025: Person of Cultural Merit ==References and Links==
References and Links
• Page describing Dr. Mitsuya's research on NCI website • Yarchoan R, Mitsuya H, Broder S. AIDS therapies. Scientific American 1988;259(4):110-9
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