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Kaketsuken Suspends Shipments of 12 Products Due to Modifications of Approved Manufacturing Procedures
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare (MHLW) announced on June 5 that 12 plasma pheresis products manufactured by the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute (Kaketsuken) from blood donated in Japan were manufactured using methods that differ from those approved. According to…
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