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Kobayashi Kako to Withdraw Marketing License Next April
Kobayashi Kako on June 27 announced its plans to withdraw its drug marketing license next April and the discontinuation of 233 products towards that end - the latest development in its high-profile sleep-inducer contamination issue that resulted in patient deaths.…
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