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Japan and Mitsubishi Pharma Found Liable for Hepatitis C

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The government of Japan and drugmaker Mitsubishi Pharma were both found liable for the transmission of Hepatitis C in blood transfusion products, and ordered by a court to pay nine plaintiffs $2.24 million. 
 
Only plaintiffs who received blood after August 1985 will be compensated because the risks were not known before then. 
 
Tens of thousands of Japanese are feared to be infected with disease because of tainted blood products used up until 1988. 
 

Japanese state, firm blamed for hepatitis C infection

TODAYonline - 6/21/2006 7:20 AM

A Japanese court has ruled that drugmakers and the state were responsible for transmitting hepatitis C through a tainted medical product, and awarded damages to nine people with the disease.
 
It was the first ruling in a number of court cases filed by hepatitis C carri
 
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