Japanese health officials searched a Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co. plant in Osaka following reports of five deaths linked to its cholesterol-lowering supplements using red yeast. The factory was ...

Two people have died and 106 have been hospitalized after ingesting Kobayashi Pharmaceutical Co.’s supplements containing benikoji, prompting domestic and overseas recalls from companies that ...

The scandal around the red koji supplement has sent the stock down nearly 20% since the end of 2023. In May, Oasis Management highlighted the opportunity at Kobayashi. At that time, Oasis ...

resigned to take responsibility for health problems among users of its dietary supplement products containing “beni koji” red fermented rice. Kobayashi Pharmaceutical will also appoint as ...

The firm urged customers to stop using the pills, which were advertised as cholesterol-lowering supplements. Kobayashi said it suspected that the problem may have come from previously undetected ...