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Choseido Violates GMP Once Again with Cefdinir, More Cases Being Probed

By Kohei Hori and Yuki Kato May 27, 2024
Choseido Pharmaceutical said on May 24 that it had used an unauthorized method to produce the oral cephem antibiotic Cefdinir Tablets 100 mg “Sawai”, which it contract manufactured on behalf of Sawai Pharmaceutical. The government of Tokushima Prefecture, where Choseido…

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