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Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma ordered to suspend some operations

TOKYO, Japan - Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corp. President Michihiro Tsuchiya (L) and Takehiko Fujii (C), president of subsidiary Bipha Corp., apologize in Tokyo on April 13, 2010, after the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry ordered Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma to suspend some of its pharmaceutical manufacturing and sales operations for 25 days over the alleged falsification of blood product test data. The subsidiary, which manufactured the product and falsified the data, was ordered to suspend its drug manufacturing business for 30 days. (Kyodo)