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Industry Sees Flip-Flops on Supplies of Kobayashi Kako-Made Products
Companies and healthcare professionals are scrambling to respond to fallout from Kobayashi Kako’s manufacturing blunder for its oral antifungal agent itraconazole, with constant changes seen in the supply status of other products manufactured by the generic maker. It was revealed…
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