The nation’s three largest pharmacy chains — Walgreens, Rite Aid and CVS — have stopped selling Zantac and its generic alternative. The heartburn drug, used by millions, was pulled after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned this month it may contain a potentially dangerous impurity. But a CBS News investigation reveals that it might not be just an “impurity” — […]
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 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 […]