6-yr court battle over hepatitis C completed

6-yr court battle over hepatitis C completed

TOKYO, Japan - Tsutomu Miura, president of Nihon Pharmaceutical Co., signs an agreement with a group of hepatitis patients at the firm's headquarters in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward on Dec. 14 to end a series of damages suits over the drug firm's tainted blood products that infected the patients with a hepatitis virus. (Kyodo)

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