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FDA Asks Companies to Recall Diabetes Medication Metformin Over Cancer-Causing Chemica No Comments

FDA Asks Companies to Recall Diabetes Medication Metformin Over Cancer-Causing Chemica

Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced that several lots of extended-release metformin — a popular type 2 diabetes drug — contain high levels of…

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12 Jun

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FDA recalls brain scanning device citing potential for deadly error No Comments

FDA recalls brain scanning device citing potential for deadly error

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued its most serious type of recall for an imaging device that surgeons rely on during deep brain…

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04 Jun

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FDA finds likely carcinogen in common diabetes drug metformin. Will recalls follow? No Comments

FDA finds likely carcinogen in common diabetes drug metformin. Will recalls follow?

On the hunt for drugs contaminated with a likely carcinogen, the FDA initially tested and cleared generic diabetes med metformin. But now, after an independent lab…

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02 Jun

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U.S. FDA Finds High Levels of Carcinogen in Diabetes Drug Metformin No Comments

U.S. FDA Finds High Levels of Carcinogen in Diabetes Drug Metformin

The U.S Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday it had found high levels of a possible cancer-causing impurity in some versions of the popular…

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05 May

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Five Drugmakers Are Asked to Recall Tainted Diabetes Drug No Comments

Five Drugmakers Are Asked to Recall Tainted Diabetes Drug

U.S. regulators have asked five drugmakers whose diabetes treatments contain high levels of a chemical that can cause cancer to recall their products. The Food…

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24 Apr

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Novartis recalls immunosuppressant Sandimmune, Neoral capsules for hazardous packaging No Comments

Novartis recalls immunosuppressant Sandimmune, Neoral capsules for hazardous packaging

Novartis, like many generic drugmakers, was forced to pull copies of generic Zantac off shelves late last year after a carcinogen scare shocked the industry. Now, it’s…

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