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Zeria’s Acinon Now Sole Nizatidine Product Being Shipped as Yoshindo Launches Recall
Following a series of sales suspensions for drugs containing nizatidine, Yoshindo on January 11 initiated a voluntary recall for some lots of its 150 mg tablet product over carcinogen risks. This leaves Zeria Pharmaceutical’s original drug Acinon (nizatidine) to become…
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