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Osaka Prefectural Government ordered Nihon Pharmaceutical, a subsidiary of Takeda Pharmaceutical, on February 13 to suspend its operations at its Osaka factory for 12 days after Takeda voluntarily recalled the ethical version of the vitamin B1 deficiency treatment Alinamin-F5 Injection…
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