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Toray Wins 53rd JCIA Technology Award for Developing and Commercializing Antithrombogenic Artificial Kidney

Tokyo, Japan, May 24, 2021 - Toray Industries, Inc., received the 53rd JCIA Technology Award from the Japan Chemical Industry Association on May 21 for developing and commercializing an anti-thrombogenic artificial kidney. This is the sixth time for the company to win that award, the previous occasion being in 2016. Toray drew on its core nanotechnology and computational chemistry capabilities to create this artificial kidney, a polysulfone membrane, in response to a growing need to enhance anti-thrombogenic performance in line with dialysis treatment advances. The company developed the artificial kidney to efficiently treat chronic and acute renal failure, thereby improving patients' quality of life while reducing medical professional workloads. Toray looks to develop high value-added medical supplies that materialize its corporate philosophy of contributing to social progress by delivering new value while attaining sustainable growth.

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