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Sumitomo Pharma has detected a nitrosamine impurity in its antidepressant Noritren (nortriptyline). The company will therefore request medical institutions to consider prescribing other drugs instead, but due to concerns of withdrawal symptoms, it will continue distribution for the time being…
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