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Japanese authorities inspect second Kobayashi Pharma factory after deaths

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Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (4967.T), opens new tab factory in western Japan on Sunday after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to dietary supplements, an official said. The inspection in Wakayama prefecture follows one on Saturday in Osaka, expanding the investigation into the drugmaker's use of "Beni-Koji" red yeast materials. Osaka-based Kobayashi said it found what appeared to be potentially toxic puberulic acid that could have been produced by blue mould penicillium in Beni-Koji materials produced between last April and October at the Osaka factory.

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Reuters

Japanese authorities inspect second Kobayashi Pharma factory after deaths

28 days ago·United Kingdom

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Channel News Asia

Second Kobayashi Pharma Japan factory inspected over deaths

TOKYO: Health authorities searched a second Kobayashi Pharmaceutical factory in western Japan on Sunday (Mar 31) after the company reported five deaths possibly tied to

28 days ago·Singapore

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Malay Mail

Japan dietary supplement maker probes five deaths

TOKYO, March 29 — A Japanese drugmaker said today it is investigating five deaths potentially linked to dietary supplements meant to lower cholesterol and apologised for the “anxiety and fear” it had caused. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical has recalled three brands of over-the-counter tablets after customers reported kidney problems. The firm said it was trying to establish if the products containing red yeast rice, or “beni koji”, had caused five deat…

1 month ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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Bangkok Post

Another factory in Japan searched over dietary supplement deaths

The health ministry inspected another factory in western Japan on Sunday as it seeks to find the cause of five deaths and numerous hospitalisations thought to be linked to Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co red yeast rice dietary supplements.

29 days ago·กทม, Thailand

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Adevarul

The additional food supplement scandal in Japan. The balance rises to five deaths.

Japanese drug manufacturer Kobayashi Pharmaceutical confirmed on Friday a fifth death related to its red rice yeast (beni-koji) dietary supplement, according to the Xinhua news agency.

1 month ago·Romania

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