Due to the problem that the ingredients of the sleep-inducing agent were mixed in the therapeutic drug such as athlete's foot manufactured by the pharmaceutical manufacturer "Kobayashi Kako" in Fukui prefecture, the manufacturer side resigned the current presidents and invited a successor from outside the company. , Submitted a business improvement plan to the prefecture.

The prefecture has issued a business suspension order to the manufacturer, and will decide whether to approve the resumption of business after confirming the contents of the plan in the future.

245 people, about 70% of the people who took the prescribed medicine, had a problem that the ingredients of the sleep-inducing agent were mixed in the medicine for mycosis such as athlete's foot manufactured and sold by "Kobayashi Kako" in Awara City, Fukui Prefecture. In February, Fukui Prefecture issued an order to suspend operations and improve operations for 116 days, the longest in history, saying that there was a serious problem with the quality control system.



In response to this, Kobayashi Kako submitted a business improvement plan to the prefecture on the 10th, and according to it, the current president and vice president, the general manufacturing and sales manager of the site will be resigned, a successor will be invited from outside, and pharmaceuticals We have set up a compliance committee made up of outside experts such as experts and lawyers.



Kobayashi Kako says, "We will thoroughly comply with laws and regulations through the execution of the plan, and the entire company will work as one to prevent recurrence."



Fukui Prefecture will decide whether to approve the resumption of business in consultation with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare after confirming the contents of the plan and the company's efforts.