Japan relies almost entirely on China for the APIs of β-lactam antibiotics. These drugs are essential for treating infectious diseases…
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Choseido Violates GMP Once Again with Cefdinir, More Cases Being Probed
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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