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The FDA has asked five drug manufacturers to voluntarily recall several lots of extended-release metformin after agency lab testing revealed unacceptable levels of the nitrosamine impurity N ...
The FDA advises voluntary recall of extended-release metformin made by five manufacturers after NDMA contamination found in some batches. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...
Metformin is the latest medication to be recalled due to concerns about a contaminant that may cause cancer. This time the contaminant is NDMA, which doesn’t stand for North Dakota-Massachusetts ...
FDA recommends that health care professionals continue to prescribe metformin when clinically appropriate. FDA ... If you are a type 2 diabetes patient and your drug is on the recall list, the FDA ...
The FDA has announced the recall of one brand of a popular type 2 diabetes drug, metformin, over a potentially cancer-causing impurity. Viona Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is voluntarily recalling 23 lots ...
The recall applies to metformin tablets between 500 mg and 750 mg, sold under the brand name Time-Cap Labs, Inc. The recall expands an earlier recall of the same product from this summer.
An FDA spokesperson declined to tell the Journal which other drugmakers were asked to recall their metformin products because they haven’t formally filed a recall action. The FDA told the ...
After the FDA identified a likely carcinogen in samples of the broadly used diabetes med metformin, recalls appeared likely.Now it's official. The FDA said Thursday it had asked five metformin ...
The FDA said patients should still take their doses of metformin even after the recalls, until they consult with a health-care professional or get a replacement. Photo: Sara Hylton/Bloomberg News ...
The FDA announcement did not name the four other drugmakers who have been requested to recall their products. The agency noted that no contamination problems have been found in immediate-release ...
WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators are telling five drugmakers to recall their versions of a widely used diabetes medication after laboratory tests found elevated levels of a contaminant linked ...
FDA petitioned to recall batches of metformin diabetes pill over a possible carcinogen. By Ed Silverman March 2, 2020. Reprints. Adobe. A n online pharmacy is calling for U.S. regulators to recall ...