Head of Japan drugmaker to resign over dietary supplement potentially linked to 80 deaths

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President of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical standing down after damning report said company failed to act with sufficient urgency after alarm was raised in January

Dietary supplements recalled in March 2024 by Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical. The products contain an ingredient called red yeast rice, or ‘beni koji’, which has been linked to deaths and kidney problems. The chairman and president of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical are to resign.Dietary supplements recalled in March 2024 by Japanese drugmaker Kobayashi Pharmaceutical.

The decision was made “to clarify executive responsibility over a series of actions by our company related to the ‘beni koji’ issue”, it said in a statement. The lawyers said in Tuesday’s report: “Kobayashi Pharmaceutical had never before received multiple reports of serious cases from doctors in such a short period of time.

 

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