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Pfizer Japan Begins Amoxapine Recall, Ceases Shipments over Carcinogen Risks
Pfizer Japan has gone ahead with its plan to put a stop to the shipments of its antidepressant Amoxan (amoxapine) and introduce a recall of the product, as it announced previously following the detection of potentially cancer-causing impurities in the…
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