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Sawai Slapped with Biz Improvement Order over Rigged Quality Tests
Fukuoka and Osaka prefectural authorities on December 22 announced administrative penalties imposed on generic giant Sawai Pharmaceutical over falsifications found in its quality testing for the gastritis and gastric ulcer drug Teprenone Capsules. The authorities issued a business improvement order…
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