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Another 32 lots of heart and blood pressure
medication recalled for possible carcinogen
BY DAVID J. NEAL
JUNE 26, 2019 07:00 PM, UPDATED JUNE 27, 2019 08:06 AM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulates the safety of drugs, but sometimes a problem arises that
triggers a recall. Here's how the recall process works and what you should do if a medicine you use is
recalled. BY META VIERS
MacLeods Pharmaceuticals Limited, which recalled one lot of heart and blood pressure
medication losartan in February, recalled another 32 lots of losartan Tuesday for the same
reason: an impurity that might be a carcinogen.
In February, the problem was NDEA, but now the problem is NMBA (Nitroso-N-methyl4-aminobutyric acid). The active ingredient, made by India’s Hetero Labs Limited, is in
the recalled lots above the FDA limit of 9.82 parts per million.
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incidents with medical devices publicly for the first time. Blood glucose meters, dental implants and
surgical staplers were among the devices.
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