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Metformin Manufacturers Ordered to Test for Potential Carcinogen Contamination
Japanese regulators on December 9 ordered 15 manufacturers of the diabetes drug metformin to investigate their products for possible contamination with a cancer-causing impurity called N-nitrosodimethylamine (NDMA) after Singaporean authorities recalled some of these medicines following the detection of traces…
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