Due to the problem that the ingredients of the sleep-inducing agent were mixed in the therapeutic agents such as water bugs of the pharmaceutical manufacturer in Fukui prefecture where more than 200 health hazards were reported, the container containing the main component of the drug and the ingredients of the sleep-inducing agent were included. Interviews with related parties revealed that the containers were stored side by side on the same shelf.

The prefecture plans to issue a business suspension order for 116 days in the near future.

Kobayashi Kako, a pharmaceutical manufacturer in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture, manufactures and sells a drug for treating athlete's foot and other mycoses, and the problem is that the ingredients of the sleep-inducing agent are mixed. It is concluded that the main ingredient container and the container containing the sleep-inducing agent were mistaken because the raw materials that were not originally approved were added and the person in charge visually confirmed them.



According to the photograph that NHK obtained about the storage location of the two containers and used by the company when explaining to the people concerned, the cylindrical container containing the main component and the rectangular parallelepiped container of the sleeping pill are in the same shelf. It turned out that they were stored side by side.

It means that Fukui Prefecture and others are aware of this situation.



Health hazards have been reported by 215 people, more than 60% of those who received prescriptions, and the prefecture will issue an order to suspend operations for 116 days, the longest ever, in early next month after consulting with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. It is a policy.

Kobayashi Kako To voluntarily recall more than 20 types of pharmaceuticals

In addition, Kobayashi Kako decided to voluntarily recall more than 20 other medicines such as hypertension and hyperlipidemia due to this problem, according to an interview with the people concerned.



As a result of retesting at the request of Fukui Prefecture, all of them did not meet the approved standards or did not meet the stability test to check whether they have deteriorated over time.



It is known that Kobayashi Kako created test records without conducting some quality tests even regarding the contamination of sleep-inducing agents.