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Kobayashi Kako Manufacturing Unit Now Under Sawai; 170 Staffers Remain for Compensation, Drug Handover
GMP scandal-tainted Kobayashi Kako said on March 31 that it completed the transfer of its manufacturing unit and associated assets the same day to Trust Pharmatech, a subsidiary of generic giant Sawai Group Holdings. Trust Pharmatech was formed as a…
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