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Pfizer Japan Recalling Some Champix Products after Detecting Carcinogen
Pfizer Japan said on July 28 that it has started voluntarily recalling a single lot (EP9481) of its smoking cessation aid Champix (varenicline) after finding a level of cancer-causing impurity of N-nitroso-varenicline exceeding the company’s acceptable limit. Currently, Pfizer is…
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