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Pfizer Japan to Curb Shipments and Recall Amoxapine over Carcinogen Risks
Pfizer is restricting the shipments of and eventually plans to recall its antidepressant Amoxan (amoxapine) in Japan after detecting cancer-causing impurities. The company is asking healthcare providers to stop its use in new patients and have those already on the…
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