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Pfizer Resumes Supply of Smoking Cessation Pill Champix after 4 Years
Pfizer Japan has resumed shipments of its smoking cessation aid Champix (varenicline) as of October 30, ending a suspension that lasted more than four years following the detection of cancer-causing nitrosamine impurities above the company’s internal standards. The restart was…
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