Health desk:<\/p>\n
A major Japanese drugmaker said Tuesday it
\nwas investigating one death from kidney dysfunction potentially linked to
\nhealth supplements recalled last week by the firm.<\/p>\n
It comes a day after the drugmaker, Kobayashi Pharmaceutical, said it was
\naware of 26 cases of people being hospitalised in relation to the
\nprescription-free supplements.<\/p>\n
The three recalled products — “beni koji choleste help” and two similarly
\nnamed supplements — contain an ingredient called “beni koji”, made by
\nfermenting rice with yeast, which is supposed to lower levels of bad
\ncholesterol.<\/p>\n
“We’re now aware of one instance where there is a potential causal link
\nbetween a death and our product,” Kobayashi Pharmaceutical said in a
\nstatement.<\/p>\n
“We are currently investigating the link, and what happened,” it said,
\noffering its “deepest apologies”.<\/p>\n
The Osaka-based drugmaker voluntarily recalled the three products on Friday
\nfollowing customer complaints about kidney problems.<\/p>\n
It said on Monday that it had not reached a conclusion on a link between the
\nhealth problems and its supplements, but said analysis had found a
\npossibility that the beni koji contained “ingredients we had not intended to
\ninclude”.<\/p>\n
Kobayashi Pharmaceutical says it has supplied beni koji to around 50 other
\nfirms worldwide, according to public broadcaster NHK.<\/p>\n
Japanese media reports said Kobayashi executives would visit the victim’s
\nfamily on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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