Kobayashi Chemical Co., a veteran Japanese pharmaceutical company established in 1946, was recently exposed by Japanese media for fraud for 40 years!
Kobayashi Chemical has been engaged in the research and development, production and sales of medical drugs, with business covering all of Japan and some overseas markets. However, it is such an established pharmaceutical company that produced an oral antifungal drug due to a series of illegal operations, which caused 239 patients to suffer health damage, 34 patients lost consciousness after taking the drug, and 22 traffic accidents were caused.
Two other people died after taking the drug-but it is not clear whether there is a causal relationship between the two deaths and taking the drug.
It is understood that the oral antifungal drug itraconazole manufactured by Kobayashi Chemical Co., Ltd. for the treatment of athlete's foot and other diseases contains hypnotic ingredients 2.5 times the maximum limit of the relevant Japanese regulations.
This pharmaceutical company was ordered to suspend business for 116 days by the government of Fukui Prefecture where it is located on the 9th. This is the longest suspension of business for this pharmaceutical company for violating the country’s "Drugs and Medical Devices Law."
According to local media reports, this incident also involved the company’s long-term fraud, its senior management’s tacit approval of violations, and some frauds that even lasted for 40 years. Among the approximately 500 drugs produced by the company, about 80% of them were false. Manufacturing records. The company has voluntarily recalled 41 drugs.
However, the Japanese pharmaceutical company Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, which is well-known to many people for its warm baby, antipyretic patch, eye drops and other products, has previously cleared its relationship with Kobayashi Chemical.
Kobayashi Pharmaceuticals stated in the statement that Kobayashi Chemical Co., Ltd. does not have any investment relationship or association relationship with the company's parent company, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., nor does it have any specific connections with authorized operations or brand licenses.
All affiliated companies of Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. in China are: Kobayashi Pharmaceutical (China) Co., Ltd., Shanghai Kobayashi Daily Chemical Co., Ltd., Hefei Kobayashi Daily Necessities Co., Ltd., Hefei Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., and Jiangsu Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. These five companies are also It has no relationship with Kobayashi Chemical Co., Ltd.
