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Pharmacies Pull Zantac Over Concern That Contaminant Poses Cancer Risk
| NPR

Major U.S. pharmacies have pulled Zantac and its generic equivalent off the shelves after concern about a contaminant that poses a small cancer risk. If you take Zantac, or its generic equivalent for heartburn, it’s time to consider other options. In recent days, major drugstore chains have pulled these products from the shelves. The concern […]

Emmaus: ‘We Might Stand A Better Chance In Europe Without The EMA’
| Informa Pharma Intelligence

Emmaus Life Sciences is dusting itself off following the rejection by the European Medicines Agency of the company’s sickle cell disease drug, Xyndari. The company tells the Pink Sheet that it might have better luck in Europe on a country-by-country basis in member states where experts have shown support for its product and where there are many patients […]

Companies To Watch: eXIthera
| Life Science Leader

The name of this company, eXIthera, refers to its therapeutic aim, inhibiting Factor XIa, a new target that may offer a way to avoid the bleeding problems with current anticoagulants. Its lead drug, an injectable coded EP-7041, has completed a Phase 1 clinical trial in healthy human subjects and moved to a program in cardiac […]