Zantac | CNN | Jacqueline Howard | April 1, 2020 "(CNN) — The US Food and Drug Administration is requesting that manufacturers pull all prescription and over-the-counter ranitidine drugs, known by the brand name Zantac, from the market immediately, the agency announced on Wednesday. The FDA noted...
Zantac | NBC News | Erika Edwards | April 1, 2020 "All Zantac products and generic versions of the heartburn medication should be taken off pharmacy shelves immediately, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. This includes prescription and over-the-counter forms of the antacid. The move comes...
Ranitidine | MedPage Today | Nicole Lou | April 1, 2020 "WASHINGTON -- All ranitidine products should be pulled from shelves immediately, the FDA said Wednesday, including brand-name Zantac as well as generic versions of the prescription and over-the-counter antacid. Notably, this was not because of direct...
Sanofi | USA TODAY | Ken Alltucker | October 18, 2019 Sanofi said Friday it will recall the widely-used heartburn drug Zantac from stores in the United States and Canada as the drugmaker and Food and Drug Administration investigate a probable carcinogen detected in the drug. The...
Zantac recall | CBS This Morning | Megan Cerullo | October 18, 2019 A French pharmaceutical company is recalling heartburn drug Zantac after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found it contained unsafe levels of a chemical linked to cancer. Sanofi, the latest pharmaceutical firm to pull...
Zantac | CNN | Jen Christensen | October 18, 2019 (CNN)Drugmaker Sanofi is voluntarily recalling of the heartburn medication Zantac OTC. The recall impacts drugs sold in the United States and Canada. Sanofi is working with the US Food and Drug Administration to determine the extent of...
Zantac | NPR | Richard Harris | October 1, 2019 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. MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: If you take Zantac, or its generic equivalent for heartburn,...
Zantac | Bloomberg | Anna Edney | October 2, 2019 One of the nation’s leading cancer centers will no longer offer Zantac and its generics to patients, as it reviews the potential cancer risk from the discovery of a carcinogen in the popular stomach pills. Memorial Sloan...
Zantac | USA Today | Chris Lange | October 6, 2019 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is coming down hard after the disclosure that Zantac and other generic ranitidine drugs could contain impurities and carcinogens. Instead of just a little nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) with a very...
Zantac | CBS News | Jonathan Lapook | October 8, 2019 New York — 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...