Naoko Saito
JPMorgan Chase & Co, Analysis Division
Good night. Thanks for becoming a member of us. I am Naoko Saito from JPMorgan. Welcome to JPMorgan Healthcare Convention, Terumo’s presentation. Once more, it is my pleasure to be introducing Terumo. From the corporate, now we have CEO, Hikaru Samejima for the presentation. And after that, we’ll have a Q&A session. With that, I’ll move on to Mr. Samejima. Thanks.
Hikaru Samejima
Consultant Director, President & CEO
Effectively, thanks for the type introduction. So good afternoon, everybody, and thanks for becoming a member of us in the present day. I am Hikaru Samejima, CEO of Terumo, a medtech firm from Japan. And it is my nice honor to have this primary alternative making a presentation on the JPMorgan Healthcare Convention. That is our forward-looking type of assertion.
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