Firm selling thalidomide ordered to recall

Firm selling thalidomide ordered to recall

KOBE, Japan - Photo taken Nov. 5 shows a factory run by Maruni Seiyu, an Osaka-based pharmaceutical firm, which was found to have sold thalidomide, a drug still used in some cancer treatment despite a 1962 ban, without authorization. The Hyogo prefectural government ordered the company to recall the product. (Kyodo)

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