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Takeda Halts Shipments of Kenketu Glovenin-I to Review Narita Plant Process
Takeda Pharmaceutical said on November 4 that it has suspended shipments of its plasma-derived product Kenketu Glovenin-I for IV Injection 2500 mg/5000 mg (freeze-dried polyethylene glycol-treated human immunoglobulin). The company explained that an “issue requiring confirmation” was identified during a…
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